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The new company will be named Amcor plc in Zurich, where Amcor is based, while retaining “a significant presence” in Evansville, Indiana, where Berry Global is based.
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The competition brought together five high school teams from Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in a packaging competition to showcase creativity, innovation, and ingenuity.
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The course, which was organized by the Flexible Packaging Association’s Emerging Leadership Council, included informational sessions on materials and substrates, converting basics and end of use, and legislative updates.
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The webinar will explore federal legislative proposals that would help establish standardized definitions, which would provide clarity and harmonization “on packaging pathways for end of life,” according to AMERIPEN—the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment.
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In two separate actions, California moved to ban single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and sued ExxonMobil over its claims about the recyclability of plastics.
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The video—“Basics of Extended Producer Responsibility”—outlines the sustainability attributes of flexible packaging and then explains how extended producer responsibility programs work.
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We interview Alan Rogers, vice president of sales at Polymount US LLC, which joined the Flexible Packaging Association in 2024.
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PACK EXPO International 2024 will also provide various networking events during the expo scheduled for November at McCormick Place in Chicago.
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If you were to ask extended producer responsibility (EPR) experts from other countries about the lessons they learned that could be applied to EPR programs in the United States, you would receive advice about working well in advance on programs, harmonizing them across jurisdictions, being proactive, and getting involved.
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The packaging industry is experiencing a technological revolution driven by the need for increased efficiency, higher throughput, high traceability, and compliance.
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Kim Carswell has spent 40 years in a career that has made her a leader in sustainable packaging, including jobs with major retailers such as General Mills, Kraft Foods, and Target. During that time, she developed meaningful advice for people interested in a career in the flexible packaging industry.
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Alison Keane, the outgoing president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association, says one high point of her eight-year tenure was the ability of her “small but mighty” staff to tackle extender producer responsibility laws that have been gaining increasing traction among states nationwide.
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Since the Women in Snacks forum was created nearly six years ago, participation in the group for female executives in the snack industry has continually increased, leading to the first in-person event planned for next week.
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Lily Sevin describes her successful business selling giant mushroom pillows online and her plans for her new role at FPA.
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Brightmark intends to invest $950 million in a “circularity center,” using pyrolysis to convert waste plastics into new products and creating about 200 jobs.
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The alliance is focused on educating the public on sustainability and the recyclability of flexible packaging products in the U.S.
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Chris Burt describes her past experience and her plans for her new role at FPA.
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Companies that expect to be covered producers under the extender producer responsibility laws in California, Colorado, and/or Oregon should register by July 1, 2024, with the producer responsibility organization that will implement the laws.
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The hearing before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee included discussions that would assign procedures for handling flexible packaging and other waste during their life cycles.
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Bruce Welt, Ph.D., has been perfecting methods to recapture plastics for years and suggests that the processes could revolutionize the recycling industry.
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