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Amcor Debuts Fully-Recyclable, PVC-Free Blister Pack

Five years in the making, Amcor Healthcare’s new AmSky PE-based thermoform blister packaging is designed to meet the stringent requirements of highly specialized and regulated pharmaceutical packaging and reduces the pack’s environmental footprint by 70%.

September 28, 2021

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ISTA Pharma Committee Technical Exchange: Oct. 5 and 12

International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)

The Oct 5 session will include an update on latest activities in temperature-controlled logistics (new glossary of terms, guidance document updates) and the Oct. 12 session will be an open industry discussion about trends, standard 20 and 7E.

September 23, 2021

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Smithfield Air Knife Energy Reduction Project Saves Compressed Air Costs

Smithfield Foods ties for second place in ProFood World's Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards in the project category.

September 22, 2021

The simple change of installing photo eyes and timers on its air knives allows Smith-field’s Kinston facility to cut air to the air knife when it is not needed, providing energy savings.

Pharmapack Report 2021: U.S. Leads on Drug Device Innovation but Trails Europe on Sustainability

Pharmapack Europe

Event agenda to track trends in sustainability, patient-centered device design and biosimilars and autoinjectors

September 20, 2021

Sustainability index for packaging markets

McCormick 1st U.S.-headquartered Company Named as Global Compact LEAD

The designation demonstrates McCormick’s ongoing commitment to the United Nations Global Compact and its Ten Principles for responsible business.

September 20, 2021

Technipaq Partners with DuPont™ Tyvek® and Freepoint Eco-Systems to Reduce and Recycle Medical Packaging Plastic Waste

September 19, 2021

Spotlight on Sugarcane-Based Toothpaste Tube

Free-from oral care company Spotlight meets its goal of providing 100% recyclable packaging for its line of toothpaste, using biopolymer tubes made from sugarcane-based polyethylene.

September 16, 2021

The biopolymer tube is being used for Spotlight’s line of five toothpaste varieties, each formulated for a specific concern.

Smithfield’s Switch from Cardboard to Reusable Plastic Totes Pays Off

Smithfield Foods receives first place in the Project Category of ProFood World's Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards.

September 15, 2021

A switch away from cardboard to reusable plastic totes and baskets not only saves money for Smithfield’s Sioux City plant, it also reduces cardboard sent to landfill.

PepsiCo Announces Strategic Transformation With Sustainability at the Center

The pep+ (pep Positive) transformation will create growth and value for PepsiCo by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for the planet and people.

September 15, 2021

Maple Leaf Foods Releases 2020 Sustainability Report

Company reports progress on its journey to become Earth’s most sustainable protein company, as it approaches 2 years as the world’s first major carbon neutral food company.

September 14, 2021

Recyclable Paper Blister Wins German Packaging Award

The paper blister can be printed on both sides, and both base and lidding are recyclable. The design allows for the tablets to be pushed through the barrier layers without breaking.

September 13, 2021

The thermoformable barrier and seal layer are also heat-sealable.

Over 230 Medical Journal Editors: Call For Emergency Action to Combat Climate Change

"Reflecting the severity of the moment, this editorial appears in health journals across the world. We are united in recognizing that only fundamental and equitable changes to societies will reverse our current trajectory."

September 10, 2021

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Nomad Foods Joins Race to Zero

Europe’s largest frozen food producer commits to Business Ambition for 1.5 °C campaign, setting new emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.

September 9, 2021

Conagra Brands Cuts Water Usage for Its Cherry Fresh Pack Product

The company receives third place in program category of ProFood World's Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards.

September 8, 2021

Replacing valves to limit water losses saved millions of gallons of water for Conagra Brands’ Fennville, Mich., plant.

Smucker Releases 2021 Corporate Impact Report

The document announces new environmental impact goals and reiterates the company’s commitment to positively influence the issues challenging people and pets.

September 8, 2021

Supplier/Processor Collaboration Results in Sustainable Packaging Success

A partnership between Liffey Meats and Graphic Packaging International supplies 2 million PaperSeal tray units annually to Lidl that feature a barrier-lined paperboard alternative to traditional plastic vacuum skin packaging.

September 8, 2021

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Air Knife Project, Ham Net Packaging Cost Reduction Win Awards

Smithfield’s Kinston, N.C. facility uses less compressed air and benefits from a lower cost per foot of netting, decreasing the amount of packaging waste to be hauled.

September 7, 2021

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Reusable Plastic Combos for Work in Progress Support Smithfield’s Green Goals

Changing two processes to use reusable, folding, plastic combos and baskets greatly reduced cardboard waste at the meat processor’s Sioux City facility.

September 7, 2021

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