Packaging

Senior packaging engineer Kyle Walker explains a tilt test for cups at the Tryer Center at Starbucks headquarters, Seattle, June 28, 2023.
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Starbucks Wants to Overhaul its Iconic Cup
Will customers go along?
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Amcor, Mondelez Partner with Recycling Tech Firm
The companies hope to take an important step toward ending plastic waste.
August 21, 2023
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Michigan Woman Finds Live Frog in Spinach Container
The company that owns the Earthbound Farm brand apologized.
August 11, 2023
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Pennsylvania Snack Maker Recalls Popcorn
The company's cheddar-flavored popcorn was inadvertently placed into butter-flavored popcorn bags.
August 10, 2023
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New Biodegradable Film Keeps Food Fresh for Longer
The material features components from citrus rinds and crustacean exoskeletons.
July 17, 2023
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Used Coffee Pods Can Be Recycled to Produce Filaments for 3D Printing
The process is a good example of the circular economy.
May 3, 2023
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Black Bean Tamales Recalled Over Undeclared Milk
August 29, 2023
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TricorBraun Acquires CanSource
August 15, 2023
Volunteers sort collected rubbish at a campsite near the Tisza River, Aug. 1, 2023.
'Plastic Cup' Competition Removes Tons of Rubbish from River
August 9, 2023
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USDA Tracks Invasive Moth that Can Destroy Even Packaged Food
July 26, 2023
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Labeling: Manufacturing's Unsung Hero
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September 1, 2023
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Bigger Bottles Keep Champagne Bubbly for Decades
Three-liter bottles could last more than a century without going flat.
July 13, 2023
Catherine Langabeer, left, the head of sustainability at Countdown supermarkets, and Associate Environment Minister Rachel Brooking, June 29, 2023, Wellington, New Zealand.
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New Zealand Bans Thin Plastic Bags from Supermarkets
The new restrictions will also extend to plastic straws and silverware.
June 29, 2023
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Streamlining Food Packaging Operations
Helping mid-sized companies compete with leading food processors.
June 20, 2023
A Hindu devotee throws flowers and plastic bags into the river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India, Oct. 9, 2019.
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Negotiators Agree to Craft Draft Treaty on Plastics Pollution
A coalition of governments wants to end plastic pollution altogether by 2040.
June 6, 2023
A child sits inside a canoe with empty plastic bottles he collected to sell for recycling in the floating slum of Makoko, Lagos, Nigeria, Nov. 8, 2022.
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Talks Open on Treaty to End Global Plastic Pollution
The crucial session will need to result in decisions about the plan's objectives and scope.
May 30, 2023
Avocados with a novel chitosan-based coating.
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Science Helps Keep Avocados Fresh
Researchers developed a chitosan-based coating and an imaging technique to predict their shelf life.
May 12, 2023
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Milk Reaction Inspires Highly Conductive Gel Films
The flexible film could lead to innovations in sensors, batteries, robotics and more.
May 12, 2023
Dana Strande speaks at a news conference at the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn., in support of state legislation to ban non-essential uses of 'forever chemicals' also known as PFAS. The legislation is named after his daughter, Amara Strande, who spent the last months of her life campaigning for restrictions that will be some of the toughest in the country.
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Minnesota Prepares for Near-Total Ban on 'Forever Chemicals'
Some say the state has a special responsibility because the chemicals were invented by Maplewood-based 3M.
May 10, 2023
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SABIC, Estiko, Coldwater Prawns of Norway Debut Sustainable Packaging
The multi-layer film contains around 60% ocean-bound plastic.
May 9, 2023
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Americans Want Corporations To Take Responsibility for Waste
They also think companies will put more money and effort into sustainability within the next five years.
May 2, 2023
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ExxonMobil Project Demonstrates Advanced Recycling for Plastic Waste
The oil and gas giant and its partners aimed to create a circular food packaging process.
April 28, 2023
A customer looks at beer on shelves at a supermarket in Bangkok, April 24, 2023.
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Thai Craft Beer Enthusiast Fined for Facebook Photo, Review
The post violated a law on advertising alcoholic beverages.
April 24, 2023
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Lay's Opens Soccer Field Made from Discarded Chip Bags
Lay's bags are converted into an underlying layer that can be recycled at after 10 years.
April 19, 2023
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Grower Again Accuses Rival of Mimicking its Packaging
The dispute involves the company's "Cherubs" grape tomatoes.
April 13, 2023