Sustainable Packaging – FlexPack Voice

Learn how flexible packaging offers sustainability through environmentally friendly initiatives and reduced waste—proven through life cycle assessments. Consumers’ perspectives on sustainability is also a topic of discussion in these stories.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Circularity More Relevant Than Ever

Analyzing the Status of a Circular Economy

Jan/Feb 2021

In 2016, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) decided to bring plastic packaging into the circular economy. The foundation’s message is clear: “The vision aims at ensuring that plastic never becomes a waste by 1) eliminating the plastic we don’t need; 2) innovating to ensure that the plastics we do need are reusable, recyclable, and compostable; […]

Flexible Packaging: An “Essential” Place to Be

Sustainability Remains Important as Opportunities Grow

Nov/Dec 2020

It’s a great time to be in flexible packaging, especially if you’re a vertically integrated, domestic manufacturer like Plastic Packaging Technologies. I’m guessing many other leaders in this industry feel the same way.

Is Safety the New Sustainability for Food Packaging?

Sept/Oct 2020

The headline for this article—Is Safety the New Sustainability for Food Packaging?—probably is a pretty provocative question to anyone working in the packaging space.