Business Management - Sustainability

Chobani is the latest brand to join the How2Recycle label program as part of its effort to increase the brand's overall sustainability. Through the program, each package receives a recyclability assessment along with specific recycling instructions on its packaging, which aid consumers in proper package disposal.

TerraCycle, along with a coalition of consumer product companies, has unveiled a global, first-of-its-kind, shopping system called Loop. Loop will enable consumers to responsibly consume a variety of products in customized, brand-specific durable packaging that is collected, cleaned, refilled and reused.

TC Transcontinental Packaging has announced the launch of one of the first 100% recyclable multi-layer, stand up pouches in North America. The recyclable pouch was produced for American tea company Harney & Sons, providing added sustainability elements to the product while maintaining its flavor and freshness.

The rising backlash against plastic packaging among consumers continues to gain steam, with concerns over recyclability at the forefront. However, consumers need to understand the sustainability advantages of all packaging formats before demanding a material be eliminated.

UPM Raflatac has announced the expansion of its RafCycle label liner recycling solution to the United States and Canada. Through the RafCycle program, UPM Raflatac collects the paper and PET liner waste from its RafCycle partners and recycles it into new materials.

Constantia Flexibles' new line of sustainable packaging provides a decreased carbon footprint, focuses on recyclable solutions and decreases the impact on the environment all while protecting the packaged products.

While each packaging format has sustainability attributes, paperboard-based folding cartons earn strong marks in recyclability and material renewability.

TLMI's L.I.F.E. certification will merge with the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership Certification. The merger is the result of side-by-side comparisons of the certifications that indicated a merger would be mutually beneficial.

Consumers' growing sustainability concerns are having a significant impact on how brands are packaging their products. At Luxe Pack New York, a panel discussion focused on these concerns and discussed sustainable packaging strategies for brands and package printers and converters.

Colbert Packaging hosted a “Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees” event for elementary students in Wisconsin’s Salem School District.