Extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws are forcing packaging stakeholders to quantify what, until now, often lived in supplier spreadsheets or sustainability dashboards. For brand owners, ...

Celebrating 30 years, the industry’s leading event highlights the future of packaging and processing while recognizing legacy exhibitors from the inaugural show. This time, what happens in Vegas is ...

Since Laffy Taffy was introduced in 1971, consumers have had a love-hate relationship with the brand. They love the smooth consistency and sweet, fruit-inspired flavors of the taffy squares, but the ...

New toilet bowl cleaner pods from Grove Co. use 38% less PVA and are sold in a certified home-compostable pouch, replacing the brand’s earlier metal tins. San Francisco-based Grove Collaborative, a ...

When new sustainably-focused health and wellness beverage brand Power Hydration introduced its alkaline water product to consumers in Southern California this summer, it assumed bragging rights for a ...

For nearly 25 years Chicago-based specialty coffee roaster Metropolis Coffee Co. and its private label arm Metropolis Workshop has been supplying whole bean and ground coffee to restaurants, hotels, ...

The packaging industry is experiencing a transformative wave, driven by automation, robotics, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), digital twins, machine learning, and additive manufacturing (AM) ...

We can point to two different levers. The first is a continued increase in the collection of PET bottles. Some of this is done through curbside initiatives—so an increase of PET bottles making their ...

A central question among brand owners has been whether 2D barcodes will be required or voluntary. Chuck Lasley, CTO at Dillard’s, answered this clearly at GS1 US's Amplify event: “We’re going to give ...

Food industry giant Mondelēz International is suing the Aldi supermarket chain for alleged trade dress infringement of Mondelēz products like Oreos, Chips Ahoy, and Wheat Thins. In a federal lawsuit ...

Building on the momentum of last year’s 65% paper sachet developed for hair and skin care company Nécessaire, Estée Lauder Company (ELC) cosmetics brand Origins is preparing to launch a new 80% paper ...

How2Recycle (H2R) unveiled a redesigned Store Drop-off (SDO) label aimed at enhancing consumer clarity and ensuring compliance with evolving recycling legislation, particularly California’s SB 343.