With consumers and brands demanding more sustainability from packaging, manufacturers are innovating stretch and shrink labels to rise to the demand, incorporating creativity and even technology into the labels.
Conversion follows addition of aluminum can packaging
January 4, 2021
Perfect Hydration (pH) is converting its 1-liter, 1.5-liter and 1-gallon bottles to post-consumer recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) bottles beginning in the first quarter of 2021.
Boxed Water Is Better, Holland, Mich., announced the launch of its flavor line with four naturally flavored varieties — Lemon, Blackberry, Cucumber and Grapefruit — hitting markets in the first quarter of 2021.
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.
Refillable bottles merge sustainability, entertainment
December 8, 2020
To mark the 85th Anniversary of the MONOPOLY brand, Hasbro has partnered with PATH to release limited-edition refillable bottles featuring Rich Uncle Pennybags and other nostalgic MONOPOLY icons.
Sustainable solution features single hand grip for easy transport
December 1, 2020
Alzamora Group offers a can packaging solution that is the first 100 percent biodegradable alternative to replacing the plastic in can packs, the company says.
Sustainability is the No. 1 attribute of this year’s top packaging designs. Artistic collaborations also are helping brands stand out on store shelves.
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Burlington, Mass., and Plano, Texas, announced that its Snapple and CORE brands are transitioning to bottles made of 100 percent recycled (rPET) plastic. This move will eliminate approximately 46.3 million pounds of virgin plastic used by KDP annually, based on 2019 volumes, the company says.