Boxed Water Is Better is teaming up with Universal Products & Experiences to offer renewable packaged water as a part NBCUniversal’s efforts to help reduce plastic waste. Launching in March 2023, the Jurassic World-inspired Boxed Water collection will be available in grocery store locations in the United States.

In the name of sustainability beverage manufacturers are taking a proactive approach with packaging innovations. With Beverage Industry’s annual Best Packages of Year feature, the editors selected a collection of packaging releases that highlight the sustainable packaging efforts that beverage-makers are applying to their brands.

Containers represent the epitome of constant change syndrome as evidenced in each material used. From an operations perspective, each container material can exemplify some of the important changes and impacts that have occurred.

Packaging producers are turning to pouches and cartons for sustainability purposes.

buzzbox premium cocktails announced new packaging across its portfolio of ready-to-drink, all natural ingredient cocktails. The new buzzbox packaging includes bold new colors and vibrant graphics that prominently showcase the cocktail name followed by the featured spirit, such as small batch rum or premium vodka.

Tetra Pak recently completed a 15-month commercial technology validation of a polymer-based barrier replacing aluminum in food carton packages. The company is moving forward with another development: a fiber-based barrier to replace the aluminum barrier.

SIG Combibloc Inc. brought to market an innovative full barrier, aluminum-free aseptic carton pack solution: SIGNATURE EVO. 

SIG extended its combibloc ECOPLUS aluminum-free packaging material to the fast-growing combiblocMidi family format.