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Berry Global container, oxygen barrier label keeps sauces fresh

Rose Shilling

August 18, 2019

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The maker of Scarpetta pasta sauces cut use of citric acid to keep products fresh with some packaging changes.

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Nestle: Paper wrapper is a first for confectionery bars

Rose Shilling

August 15, 2019

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Nestle switched to a recyclable paper wrapper for its YES! fruit, nut and chocolate snack bars sold in Europe.

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Ultrasonic label welding allows bands to be applied sans heat, glue

Rose Shilling

August 9, 2019

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How do you secure a label band around a hot dog package or a two-pack of fresh herbs in plastic clamshells?

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Targeting single-use plastics

Rose Shilling

July 8, 2019

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With concerns about single-use plastics increasing, a company known for boxed coconut water has started selling aluminum bottles of water.

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How to select the right packaging for your cannabis product

Sharon Spielman

July 1, 2019

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The market for legal cannabis edibles has grown increasingly sophisticated—and that includes the packaging options used for retail and medicinal products.

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Cannabis gummies switch to plastic pouch

Rose Shilling

June 21, 2019

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If cannabis edibles follow the rest of the food industry, flexible packages are likely to become more popular.

Food Packaging

Barrier blocks more air in plastic containers

Rose Shilling

April 17, 2019

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Ring Container Technologies has a new barrier for plastic containers that it says keeps more oxygen away from food and uses less material than competitors.

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Recyclable meat trays offer display and sustainable packaging benefits

Rose Shilling

April 17, 2019

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Kloeckner Pentaplast has new ideas for how meat companies can display products in stores and offer more sustainable packaging.

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How it's made: recycled fiber in Starbucks cups

Rose Shilling

March 20, 2019

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Figuring out how to recycle paper into a reusable fiber that is FDA approved to touch food wasn't easy.

Food Packaging

Supremia announces eco-friendly cotton bag repurposing initiative

Supremia and Terracycle are collaborating on an initiative to collect and repurpose cotton bags

Casey Laughman

September 17, 2018

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Premiums and promotional packaging specialist Supremia has announced that it has hired TerraCycle to collect and repurpose cotton bags that Supremia is no longer using.

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