Should Packaging Include a Label on Environmental Impact?

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Dec 11th, 2018

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This photos provided by North America Public Relations shows a reusable packaging at a Burger King restaurant. Reusable packaging is about to become more common at groceries and restaurants worldwide. Loop, which collects and sanitizes reusable containers, said Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 it’s expanding after successful trials in France and Japan. Kroger and Walgreens in the U.S., and Tesco in the United Kingdom are among the groceries partnering with Loop. McDonald’s, Burger King and Tim Hortons have also signed on.

Loop Hopes to Go Mainstream with Reusable Packaging

Customers pay a deposit in addition to the price of their item.

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Berry Global Expanding Sustainable Foodservice Packaging Capacity with $110M Investment

Berry will expand polypropylene thermoforming capabilities to make clear drink cups and lids for quick-service restaurants, coffee shops, convenience stores, and other foodservice markets.

In this Feb. 18, 2021 photo, people walk inside a recycling location in Oakland, Calif.

California Could Impose Nation's Strongest Rules on Recycling Labels

The measure aims to crack down against falsely labeling items as recyclable when they in fact are destined for landfills.

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Packaging Generates a Lot of Waste

Some states want manufacturers to foot the bill for getting rid of it.

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Chobani Launches Paper Yogurt Cup

It's the latest in sustainable packaging from the dairy products maker, which already used paper containers for several products.

Accuracy and Efficiency: Pouch Packaging of the Future

Consumer trends are demanding more options in terms of product type, size and package.

Sustainable packaging: researchers at the University of Göttingen have long been researching manufacturing processes for products made of popcorn that could be an environmentally friendly alternative to polystyrene or plastic products.

Researchers Exploring Using Popcorn for Eco-Friendly Packaging

Years of research and development have resulted in three-dimensional molded forms can be produced from "granulated" popcorn.

Shorehill Capital Invests in Packaging Supplies Distributor Flexpak

Utah-based Flexpak is a distributor of packaging supplies that primarily serves the food, healthcare, biotechnology, industrial and consumer products markets.

In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, workers clean consumer plastic shopping bags from the clogged rollers of a machine which separates paper, plastic and metal recyclable material, in a processing building at EL Harvey & Sons, a waste and recycling company, in Westborough, Mass. States around the country are looking to adopt new recycling regimes that require producers of packaging to pay for its inevitable disposal.

Industry Fights Drive to Charge Packagers for Recycling

Environmentalists believe shifting packaging disposal costs away from taxpayers and toward producers is long overdue.

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Packaging Co. Unveils New 'Tamper-Evident' Sandwich Containers

Designer Lacerta Group says the packaging can be made with up to 100 percent post-consumer recycled content.

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Packaging Line Distributor Harpak-ULMA Relocates Massachusetts HQ

The company's significantly expanded facility features an advanced, state-of-the-art customer experience center.