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Amazon on creating ecommerce packaging that’s great for all: customers, companies and the environment Through its Amazon Packaging Certification program and other initatives, the world’s largest online retailer is partnering throughout the supply chain to improve packaging for ecommerce deliveries. With a win-win-win strategy that includes partnerships throughout the supply chain, the world’s largest online retailer is collaborating with the industry to optimize packaging design for ecomm...

Photo supplied by Degree Now in trial, the Degree Inclusive liquid roll-on deodorant package is designed for people with disabilities. Refillable packaging for the new Degree Inclusive deodorant is easy to open and apply for people with visual impairment and upper limb motor disabilities. As society becomes more aware of inequalities in life, brands are acting to show they have heard, and to show they care. One such example is the new Degree Inclusive deodorant from Un...

Photo supplied by Web Industries An operator at Web Industries in Massachusetts loads cassette magazines of test devices onto a Campbell Revolution Flow Wrapper. Using a form-fill-seal approach, the equipment packs each test kit, together with a desiccant pack, in a metallized pouch. With help from a nimble partner, medical device giant BD took its rapid COVID-19 test kit from concept to large-scale production in a matter of months. For many in medical packaging, 2020 ...

Photo credit: Original design by Dr. David L. Nathan and Eli Nathan. In preparation for future federal legalization of cannabis, Dr. David Nathan and son Eli Nathan have designed a uniform label and icon for cannabis product packaging. A thoughtfully designed caution symbol and “Facts”-style label offer state regulators a universal approach to cannabis labeling. Plus, they would better serve the product-information needs of cannabis consumers. In the retail cannabi...

These eight articles got thumbs up from our sustainable packaging community in 2017. Projects by Coca-Cola, McCormick and Procter & Gamble led our top sustainable packaging articles of the year, with some of the highest page views of all stories posted this year on PackagingDigest.com. And three out of our list of eight articles were published more than a year ago—proving the staying power of great ideas. Follow us down a rewarding path of sustainable packaging achievements and new ideas, sta...

FEI Foods FEI Foods rolls out an all-polypropylene food pouch in major UK and European supermarkets that hits on-trend trifecta. Milestones are but markers along the way. In September 2020 a partnership between Amcor and Nestlé yielded the first recyclable retort pouch, however that groundbreaking barrier pouch was not microwavable. Given a steady rollout of sustainable improvements in flexible packaging, it might have been expected that the next stage of barrier perf...

Winners of the 2017 SPC Innovators Awards proudly show their awards. The best in sustainability—people, packaging, partnerships and processes—sparkled on Monday night, April 24, at the 2017 SPC Innovator Awards celebration. Organized by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, the competition recognizes outstanding ideas, efforts and achievements in sustainability and packaging. The winners of this year’s contest received their awards on the first night of the SustPack 2017 conference, jointl...

Powder & Bulk Solids sister publication  Packaging Digest highlights the best of them on a regular basis, with the most recent “find” at the beginning. Come back often to quickly scroll through to see what you’ve missed.   Below youll find new packaging developments from companies and brands that include M&M Messages, circular soft drinks, minimal trust, Products of the Year, Tetra Pak’s mission, Coca-Cola paper bottle, Hormel snacks, Nestles vegan chocolate bars, nutty packs, ‘s...

Our mid-year review of what articles are trending shows that sustainable packaging dominates the top-read features, two of which involved Nestlé. We depart from the regular monthly reviews of the top-read articles to assess the top-read food and beverage features of the first half of 2019 that provide a broader snapshot of what topics are hot and trending. In this case, it’s a single topic, sustainability, that’s drawing keen interest—it permeates all five articles in whole or part. So ...

Debut of a 180-product healthy-for-you food portfolio that makes organics affordable has a friendly packaging design that’s welcoming to all. The demand for more wholesome, healthy foods continues to grow throughout the United States and elsewhere, although access to organic products can be challenging given the cost. However, the launch of Inspired Organics (iO) from Lipari Foods, Warren, MI, aims to change all the pretentiousness to make organics universally approachable with a 180-product ...