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Beverage players help advance sustainable packaging, recycling efforts

Increasing number of packages utilizing rPET

February 5, 2021

The beverage industry’s leading companies are furthering the sustainable packaging movement through the use of rPET plastic bottles as well as investments in recycling infrastructure.

Closure Systems International 28mm Twist and Flip closure

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Innovative closures boost nutrition, sustainability

Caps and closures help beverage brands deliver on goals, promises

Sarah Graybill

January 6, 2021

As consumers demand nutrition, ease of use and recyclability from their beverages, brands are seeking innovative caps and closures that help preserve functionality and promote sustainability.

recyclable and reusable textured glass bottle

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Sustainable supply chain vital to beverage market

Suppliers invest in resources to reduce waste, boost sustainability

Sarah Graybill

January 4, 2021

The need for reusable packaging is one shared through the entire chain from consumers to brands and manufacturers. As such, creating a sustainable supply chain and maintaining ongoing implementation of reusable packaging solutions is likely to continue.

KDP announces 100 percent K-Cup pods recyclable

Company invests $10 million in Polypropylene Recycling Coalition

December 8, 2020

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Burlington, Mass., and Plano, Texas, announced that it has successfully achieved one of its long-standing sustainability commitments — all of the K-Cup pods the company produces are now recyclable.

Poland Springs adopts eco-conscious packaging

Brand partners with University of Maine to develop packaging alternatives

November 9, 2020

Poland Springs and the University of Maine have collaborated to develop more sustainable packaging for the brand.

ABA highlights how modernization projects are advancing recycling efforts

Initial projects of Every Bottle Back aid Texas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin recycling infrastructure

October 29, 2020

The American Beverage Association (ABA), Washington, D.C., announced that the effort by America’s leading beverage companies to boost the recycling of plastic bottles saw the initiation of modernization projects in Texas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. These projects will help more than 349,000 households recycle nearly 38 million new pounds of PET plastic over 10 years for remaking into new bottles, it adds.

Beverage industry ups game in fight to save the planet

BrewDog sustainable investments bring operations to carbon negative

Barbara Harfmann

October 22, 2020

To create a circular economy while healing the planet, beverage wholesalers, supply chains and consumers all must do their part. This includes adopting zero-waste initiatives, recycling waste and running facilities on solar power.

ABA joins newly formed US Plastics Pact

Association will provide leadership in transition to circular economy for plastics

August 26, 2020

The American Beverage Association (ABA), Washington, D.C., announced it has joined the newly formed U.S. Plastics Pact as a Not-for-Profit Founding Activator. In this role, ABA will provide leadership in the transition to the circular economy for plastics and work with pact stakeholders to promote its acceleration, the association says.

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Atlas Molded Products’ polystyrene foam cooler folds flats for easy reuse

Shape molded container ideal for cold-chain solutions within beverage

July 10, 2020

Atlas Molded Products recently released the DuraTherm Fold Flat, a space-saving molded polystyrene foam cooler that folds flat for transportation, storage and reuse.

Packaging Materials

Secondary packaging enhances marketing, sustainability efforts

Suppliers release new can carriers using less plastic

Barbara Harfmann

July 1, 2020

As beverage manufacturers strive to unlock the power and potential of secondary packaging, they have a plethora of options from which to choose, including shrink-wrap, paperboard and corrugated packaging.