Category: News & Updates

Hunter Luxury has partnered with Jack Daniel’s owner Brown Forman and Glenglassaugh Distillery to create a wooden pack for the launch of a limited line of whisky – The Serpentine Coastal Cask Collection. The luxury bespoke packaging design and development specialists opted for a design that was an exquisite box made with hand-carved oak, crafted…

Amazon has replaced 95% of the plastic air pillows from delivery packaging in North America with paper filler, and aims fully remove these by the end of the year. The e-commerce giant said it is ‘constantly inventing and thinking big to make our packaging small’, and wants to use as little packaging as possible to’…

Earlier this year, Nestlé’s Maggi brand launched a new packaging format designed to cut down on plastic pollution. The noodles can now be prepared at home in a mug, as opposed to being prepared in the packaging itself. To learn more, we spoke with the team at Nestlé Australia. For readers who may have missed…

95% of the plastic air pillows used in Amazon’s North American delivery packaging have been replaced with paper filler, the company claims, with a complete phase-out expected by the end of the year. Amazon states its aims to prioritize recyclable materials and use as little packaging as possible to avoid waste without compromising the safety of…

Coveris’ MonoFlex Fibre packaging range offers pre-made bags and form-fill-seal solutions made of paper, aiming to help customers transition into high-barrier yet recyclable packaging solutions in compliance with EU regulation. As per the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, all packaging sold on the European market must be reusable or recyclable by 2030. Plastic packaging…

Aldi is trialling a paper band for its bananas in a move estimated to remove 234 tonnes of plastic packaging from its operations every year. The company’s midi bananas, Nature’s Pick five-pack, Organic six-pack, and other selected banana lines will replace their conventional plastic bags with a paper band. If the trial is successful, it is…

With help from DS Smith, Pladis claims to have reduced 78% of plastic – and, with it, over 373,248kg of CO2 so far – from its Jacob’s Cream Crackers box while retaining its tamperproof seal. Motivated by increasing retailer and consumer demand for sustainability-minded solutions, Pladis reached out to DS Smith in hopes of developing new packaging for its Jacob’s…

Aiming to remove 78 tonnes of virgin plastic annually, Aldi is incorporating a minimum of 35% recycled content into its Specially Selected Hand Cooked crisp range, with its own-label popcorn and lentil chip ranges set to follow later this year. The new crisp packets have already rolled out across the UK. They are expected to help the…

John West has worked with Schubert Packaging Systems, CCL Label, and Touch Design to implement an aluminium strip into its ambient tuna packaging – designed to be recycled with the can and avoid 65 tons of plastic shrink wrap every year. The new Ecotwist solution replaces conventional shrink wrap with an aluminium strip, or Smartstrip, which consumers can twist and…

In its 2023 ESG Summary Overview, PepsiCo estimates that it will fall 2% short of its target to design 100% of its packaging for recyclability, compostability, biodegradability, or reusability by 2025 – attributing its doubts to “a unique set of challenges”. Compared to a 2020 baseline, PepsiCo claims to have cut virgin plastic from non-renewable sources by 1%…