A circular packaging economy requires improvements in design, recovery infrastructure, and regulatory changes, according to a new PMMI/AMERIPEN packaging trends study.
Packaging engineer Michael Johnston taps into his personal experience as a patient to spread awareness of how noisy medical packaging is and how traumatic that can be.
Can the smell and taste of packaging improve a product’s connection with consumers? How the science of sensory testing is enhancing the red-hot sustainable packaging market to make it more effective and more palatable to the consumer psyche.
Packaging innovations in the WorldStar 2023 awards range from a food-waste reducing bulk bag MAP technology to a 100% rPET bottle to a highly engineered can tab.
Veteran packaging reporter Erik Kruisselbrink presents news from interpack 2023 of new products and projects centered around plastic packaging and chemical recycling.
Wine's molecular label, PFAS in the news, Walker's "bagless" snack multipacks, KickStand cocktails, Nestlé's flexible recycling venture in Mexico, Danone North America Light + Fit brand redesign (shown).