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As sustainability grows in importance in the food and beverage packaging industry, another manufacturer has introduced environmentally friendly products.

Not so long ago, canned beer was looked down on as inferior to its bottled counterpart, but that bad reputation seems to be fading as a new breed of brewers are bringing the can back.

The first fully renewable carton can be found on retail shelves in Finland.

As vacuum skin packaging (VSP) is becoming more commonplace on retail shelves, suppliers have been concentrating on how to make it more environmentally friendly.

Dr. Juanita Day is the senior sustainable supply chain manager for HAVI Global Solutions in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa region.

Kombucha, a fermented tea drink, has been growing in popularity for the last 10 years.

As the packaging industry increasing uses flexible packaging, Zip-Pak is developing new ways to open and close pouches.

Through its new sealing technology, Presto Products Company offers consumers more ways to keep food fresh.

Sweden-based BillerudKorsnäs offers FibreForm, a proprietary, natural, renewable, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper that can be 3-D formed.