Business Management - Sustainability

Packaging and sustainability go hand-in-hand, and package printers play an essential role in helping brands, retailers, and consumers achieve their sustainability goals.

Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, has joined as a patron of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership, highlighting its environmental leadership and commitment to the industry’s growing sustainable supply chain.

In today's episode of POW! we take a look at how TC Transcontinental Packaging, a Montreal-based packaging producer, connected with Maxwell House Canada to make singe-serve coffee pods — and the flexible pouch they come in — compostable.

The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) opened its virtual Spring Outlook & Strategies Conference last week, celebrating the successes of the PPC despite a challenging year, and highlighting the latest opportunities in sustainability.

TC Transcontinental Packaging received a Gold Award for sustainability in the 2021 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition for the Maxwell House Canada 100% compostable coffee pod lidding and mother bag films. These breakthrough sustainable films are certified BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) industrial compostable.

On today's episode of Package of the Week, we're taking a look at a package that combines exceptional graphics with strong sustainable attributes. Rainforest Artesian Water was recently recognized in the PAC Packaging Consortium awards, and features impeccable direct-printed graphics on its aluminum bottles.

South Atlantic Contract Packaging is collaborating with Wake Forest University School of Business graduate students on a sustainability study of the company’s operations. This study will benchmark South Atlantic’s current ecological impact and allow for improvements across all aspects of the co-packing business.

AWT Labels & Packaging, a Minneapolis-based producer of labels and flexible packaging, was recently recognized by TLMI for its sustainability initiatives. Packaging Impressions connected with company President Michelle Zeller, who shared the following insights into AWT's sustainability journey.

ACTEGA announced that it has successfully removed Bisphenol A (BPA) and Epoxysilane from its laminating adhesives product range. This now enables customers of ACTEbond Laminating Adhesives to produce stand-up pouches for food, pet-food, cosmetics, and household goods with increased confidence in consumer safety.

Earlier this month, Dove announced that it would be launching a line of deodorants featuring a reusable stainless steel case, allowing consumers to simply buy replacement deodorant stick refills, helping to keep plastic out of landfills. Here at Packaging Impressions, we got our hands on one of Dove's starter kits, and were impressed not only with the reusable aspects of the packaging, but the paperboard folding carton that it comes in.