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Editor's Note

Plant of the Year Submissions Show Innovation Abounds

Food and beverage plants continue to push the envelope of innovation

August 12, 2021

What Keurig Dr Pepper and Cuisine Solutions—and the other submissions we received for this year's Engineering Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year award—do have in common is the level of innovation and creative solutions present throughout the plants.

Packaging

Cold chain materials double as plant fertilizer

Kristen Kazarian

June 8, 2021

Pelton Shepherd debuts Enviro Ice, a cold-chain pack for refrigerated and frozen foods.

Food Packaging

Beverage carton industry sets sight on 10-year sustainability commitment

April 30, 2021

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) and its members SIG Combibloc, BillerudKorsnäs, Elopak, Stora Enso and Tetra Pak, have set the industry’s vision for the future: to deliver the most sustainable packaging for resilient food supply systems which is renewable, climate positive and circular.

Food Packaging

No-kill fertilizer packaged in sustainable cotton bag

April 29, 2021

Johnny Appleseed Organic has come out with ClimateGard™, a no-kill fertilizer for gardens.

Packaging

Intelligent packaging solution to reduce waste

Kristen Kazarian

February 3, 2021

SGK Anthem, Vrijdag Premium Printing, Generous Minds, Neurensics, Kurz and Merck have teamed up as Packadore Collective to design and implement desirable and sustainable packaging solutions.

Packaging

Plastic-free and lidless cup launches in UK

Kristen Kazarian

February 3, 2021

Britain’s first fully plastic-free and recyclable lid-free takeout cup recently debuted.

PepsiCo to reduce GHG emissions by 40% by 2030

Net-zero emissions pledged by 2040, a decade ahead of Paris Agreement

Sharon Spielman

January 22, 2021

PepsiCo, Inc. plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030.

Engineering R&D

Food-grade compostable packaging survives microwaves, ovens and freezing but doesn't clutter the earth

Made from pulp, this microwaveable and oven-safe material comes from renewables and is compostable, leaving no plastic behind forever

Wayne Labs

December 1, 2020

With a new process invention, a startup named W-Cycle has not only created a patented replacement for plastic, but a material that is totally compostable—from the earth and back to the earth.

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Sustainable, Anti-Counterfeit Cannabis Packaging

November 13, 2020

Ventiv Design has developed cannabis packaging with sustainably sourced materials that are difficult to imitate, such as the Slider Box, made with hemp paper, and the Pinch Pump, made with post-consumer recycled plastic.

Sustainability through automation

Use automation to help achieve green packaging goals

You can’t lose when you actively work at reducing waste and creating sustainable packaging goals

Wayne Labs

October 28, 2020

Today, two major factors are driving the packaging industry towards greater sustainability: prospective legislation and consumer demand. Though there is little participation in the U.S. in plastic recycling (estimated under 10%), the green packaging market registered a value of $237.74 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow to 313.93 billion by 2025, according to research from Mordor Intelligence.