Manufacturer: Sealstrip Corporation; sealstrip.com

Description: Kellogg’s^® Eggo^® is America’s bestselling waffle. The brand’s packaging goal was to delight its consumers by offering an easier-to-use resealable package with reliable convenience that better maintained product quality in the freezer and kept its brand top of mind once the printed box was recycled. Kellogg’s also needed a product that was sustainable and economical. Sealstrip’s newest Peel&Seal^® product line offers a more sustainable footprint with the development of innovative direct food contact materials technology and manufacturing methods. Peel&Seal offered better overall economics with advancements to the tape materials and in-line applicators. Consumers have been elated with the new resealable feature on the Eggo package.

Manufacturer: Integrated Plastics Packaging; ipp.ae

Description: Integrated Plastics Packaging (IPP) developed a proprietary 4-ply laminate incorporating a sealant film with special properties designed to run on high-speed continuous motion VFFS equipment supplied by Sanko North America. The sealant film provides superior hot tack for high-speed production as compared with conventional intermittent motion VFFS equipment, resulting in higher speeds, enhanced production efficiencies, and lower waste.

Manufacturer: Printpack; printpack.com

Description: The demand for fresh-cut produce, like salads and pre-cut vegetables, continues to grow due to convenience and health benefits. However, consumers’ love for convenient, healthy, prepackaged food means more and more produce packaging is going into landfills. Preserve™ PE for fresh fruits and vegetables is Printpack’s sustainable alternative to nonrecyclable, breathable laminated films. The film consists of all polyethylene and is approved for store drop-off recycling by the How2Recycle® organization

Manufacturer: Glenroy, Inc.; glenroy.com

Description: The Oribe refill pouch expands its pack- aging portfolio into flexible packaging and helps it move toward a more sustainable organization. The refill pouches contain shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and lotion. Reverse printing with a gradual fade from black to white and gold accents makes this pouch stand out on the shelf. The pouches offer sustainability benefits by using 71% less plastic than their liter bottles, and they are optimized for the rigors of e-commerce.

Manufacturer: Paharpur 3P; paharpur3p.com

Description: This stand-up spouted pouch for Hellmann’s Mayonnaise consists of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and polyethylene from the same olefinic plastic family and replaces the conventional plastic jars prevalent in this category. This combination of plastics makes the pouch easily recyclable; it contributed to more than a 60% reduction in carbon footprint and an 800% reduction in packaging that is landfilled. The pouch was designed with a high-barrier and high heat-resistant BOPP film to provide barrier protection for the product to maintain the desired shelf life.

Manufacturer: TC Transcontinental Packaging; tctranscontinental.com/en-us/packaging

Description: The Kirkland Signature 13% PCR Saddle Pack bags are produced by TC Transcontinental Packaging to serve the meat and poultry market in U.S.-based Costco stores. A sustainable take on our Envio™ forming and nonforming films, this package offers a reduced environmental footprint through the incorporation of post-consumer resins (PCRs). The top web features 24% PCRs and the bottom web incorporates 11% PCRs, for a combined PCR content of 13.4%. The ability to include PCRs helps to divert that percentage of plastic from landfills while maintaining the critical packaging attributes for meat and poultry.