After banning plastic bags last year, New Zealand now proposes to regulate single-use plastic packaging and to ban various hard-to-recycle plastics and single-use plastic items. Addressing plastic ...

Packaging giant Amcor Ltd. has a new life cycle assessment service consumer brands can use to share their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint with their customers. Brands using the Advanced ...

The Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA), an initiative sponsored by the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), AICC – the Independent Packaging Association, the Fibre Box Association and TAPPI, ...

A new Europe-focused study reveals that polyethylene (PE), the most widely used packaging material in Europe, has lower life cycle global warming potential (GWP)—often used to assess greenhouse gas ...

Glenroy Inc., a converter and printer of sustainable flexible packaging based in Menomonee, WI, recently published a report detailing its Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Standcap vs. Rigid Plastics.

Austin, Texas — With plastics continuing to come under attack, the PET industry needs to do a better job at highlighting the advantages of using the material, according to one longtime packaging maker ...

The packaging industry is shifting from fossil-based materials to large-scale use of plant fibres and bio-renewable inks.

Beyond HARMAN’s organizational carbon footprint, we understand that product design and development choices also have environmental impacts. We are evaluating product-level improvements across the ...

The Extended Producer Responsibility policy is now in effect. Here’s what business owners need to know about fees, reporting, and requirements. A new framework of state EPR packaging laws has shifted ...