Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Developments and Issues

Sep 09, 2020

Claire Sand, recipient of the 2020 Riester-David-Brody award for lifetime achievement in food packaging, talks briefly about her career and outlook for the industry.

7 Clever Food Packages From Around the World

Aug 31, 2020

World Packaging Organisation (WPO)’s student food packaging design winners include microwavable ready meals, compartmentalized cheese bags, multifunctional produce display boxes, and four others.

Packaging Sustainability Insights from My Personal Recycling Experience

Jul 29, 2020

Three things surprise me about the contents of my trash and my feelings about it, now that I’m ecologically superior.

Gerber Delivers First Single-Material Baby-Food Pouch

May 13, 2020

Recyclable polypropylene pouch available in May that replaces an unrecyclable multilayer structure is a move toward a more circular economy...

Will Compostable Film Prove a Fruitful Solution for Produce Waste?

May 05, 2020

New BioFreshPak film boosts shelf life without refrigeration and is ambiently compostable within 180 days...

Inverted pouch trend upends food packaging: Chobani

Aug 20, 2019

A consumer-convenient packaging format that provides source reduction and improved product evacuation for less waste overall is turning the market for condiments and other foods upside down as exemplified by brands like Chobani...

Best If Used By date code recommended for food labeling

Jul 18, 2019

Three U.S. regulatory agencies agree. We should standardize the voluntary date-code labeling for food sold in the United States as part of a new strategy to fight food and packaging waste...

Loop and big brands boldly reinvent waste-free packaging

Jul 11, 2019

The new Loop circular shopping platform—unveiled today at the World Economic Forum in Davos—enables consumers to buy their favorite products in durable, not disposable, packaging. Supported by top brand owners such as Nestlé, Coca Cola, Unilever...

Inventive hinged bottle reduces product waste

Jan 31, 2019

Newly patented packaging design for personal care, food and other bottled and tubed products allows consumers to use more and waste less...

Packaging and food waste: Insights and advice

May 02, 2017

Carol Zweep of NSF Intl. shares crucial facts and insightful advice about the role of packaging and sustainable biomaterials that can help take a bite out of food waste...