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Packaging Materials

Sustainability, experiential drive innovations in inks and coatings

Suppliers develop ink innovations to support recycling operations

May 27, 2020

The packaging world is doing its part to help make recycling easier through ink solutions that support the recycling process.

Packaging Materials

Innovation abounds with production of lighter packaging materials

PepsiCo testing recyclable alternative to plastic rings

Barbara Harfmann

April 23, 2020

How a beverage is packaged and deciding the type of packaging material — glass, aluminum or plastic — is a critical part of the equation for beverage-makers. Among the factors that should be considered is sustainability, smaller packaging sizes, and lightweighting.

IBWA highlights importance of recycling this Earth Day

Bottled water packaging accounts for 55% of collected PET plastic in curbside systems

April 22, 2020

As the country observes Earth Day, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), Alexandria, Va., is encouraging the public to take action to reduce waste and litter by stepping up their commitment to always recycle all recyclable consumer packaging.

Avery Dennison’s pressure-sensitive label materials for cans

Beverage package designs optimize sustainability, enhance shelf appeal

Packaging materials, visual elements help products stand out from competition

Sarah Graybill

April 22, 2020

With brands competing to establish a foothold and capture consumer loyalty, beverage manufacturers utilize packaging as their first means of standing apart from competitors and reaching consumers. As such, brands are approaching packaging design with more mindful regard to function, visual excellence, environmental impact and brand integrity.

Keep America Beautiful/Coca-Cola Public Spaces Recycling Bin Grant Program

Between Drinks

Responsible, sustainable brands win over consumers

Beverage brands take action to further their sustainable efforts

Sarah Graybill

March 20, 2020

In its 2019 Retail and Sustainability Survey, New York-based CGS, a global provider of business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services, noted that more than two-thirds of the 1,000 Americans surveyed consider sustainability when purchasing products.

A sleeve label is applied to an aluminum can or container in multiple ways.

Shrink and stretch labels enhance brand messaging, safety

Shrink films protect ingredient efficacy and provide longer shelf life

February 11, 2020

Experts note that various trends are facilitating an increase in usage of stretch and shrink labels, including proliferation of functional beverages, sugar reductions, natural ingredients as well as ingredient transparency.

GPI unveils KeelClip to increase sustainability, merchandising options

AB InBev to leverage KeelClip on Bud Light and Stella Artois in UK

February 10, 2020

Designed for aluminum cans, the KeelClip offers sustainability advantages and merchandising benefits as compared with other packaging options, the company says.

Infinitely recyclable aluminum cups to debut at Super Bowl

Bud Light, Ball Corp., Centerplate team up for sustainability initiative

January 21, 2020

Centerplate, Stamford, Conn.; Ball Corp., Broomfield, Colo.; and Bud Light, a brand of St. Louis-based Anheuser Busch, announced an agreement to bring Ball's infinitely recyclable aluminum cups to guests at Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2 between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.

Closure market creates solutions to support beverage recycling

Suppliers develop tethered caps to reduce plastic waste

Jessica Jacobsen

January 14, 2020

Caps and closure suppliers highlight the impact that sustainability is having on their market as these companies look to support an environment free of plastic waste.

Evergreen’s PlantCarton further sustainability efforts

Plant-based packaging option reduces plastic use by 80%

December 14, 2019

For brands wanting to be more relevant to their sustainability-minded customers, the PlantCarton package is a plant-based solution that can reduce plastic use by about 80 percent.