New packaging features reduced environmental footprint
November 14, 2019
Not only are the cans more portable, but they also are able to keep kombucha fresher for longer and are made with more than 50 percent recycled material.
Today, 90 percent of beverage plants are trying to achieve some degree of sustainability, which includes adoption of zero waste, water reuse, recycled materials and waste minimization.
As the trade association celebrated a century of refreshment, it welcomed a network of beverage industry executive leaders for its Centennial Advocacy Summit, which took place Oct. 28-30 in Washington, D.C.
PepsiCo Inc., Purchase, N.Y., has priced the company's first ever Green Bond. The net proceeds from the $1 billion Green Bond offering will fund a series of key initiatives to advance PepsiCo's sustainability agenda, it says. The company also announced that it has named PepsiCo leader Simon Lowden as its first chief sustainability officer. In this new role, effective immediately, Lowden will be responsible for leading PepsiCo's Sustainability Office, including the Global Sustainable Plastics team and Global Sustainable Operations team.
As beverage-makers look to design upscale, convenient products for consumers’ busy lives, packaging suppliers are navigating the path to amalgam these attributes.
Juice bottle protects product, offers longer shelf life
September 23, 2019
The concept combines an environmentally friendly packaging solution in one container and thereby supports the theory of circular economy, the company says.