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Bio-based
Lignin Wins Two Awards at Scanpack
Lignin Industries' e-commerce bag won both the Biomaterial-Based Packaging award and the Packnorth Special Price at the Scanpack event, recognizing its sustainable and functional design.
January 17, 2025

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Celanese and Henkel Collaborate to Offer Adhesives Made from Captured CO2 Emissions
Celanese Corporation
Henkel and Celanese partner to develop water-based adhesives made from carbon capture-based materials, enabling customers to increase the renewable content of their products.
January 17, 2025
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Dissolvable Skin Care Wipes Pick Compostable Sachets
For sachet packaging of its new dissolvable cleansing wipes, Australian-based Conserving Beauty tapped compostable NatureFlex films by Futamura Compostable Packaging, as converted by New Zealand's Convex.
January 15, 2025
The new laminated structure meets all the technical requirements: it runs well on the sachet lines and efficiently wraps the wipes. With its excellent moisture barrier, it also effectively protects the product until it is used by the consumer.
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Brown is the New Green: Lamb Weston’s Recyclable Paper Fry Bag
Lamb Weston develops a paper bag for its frozen French fries that offers a grease and moisture barrier as well as durability and machinability, while still being recyclable.
January 14, 2025
The bio-based bag is said to be a proprietary blend formulated and tested to pass OCC [Old Corrugated Container] acceptance testing. Photo courtesy of Lamb Weston.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #8: How Baileys Paper-Based Bottle is Made
The #8 most clicked article of 2024: An extraordinary network of inventors, developers, OEMs, and stakeholders emphasize ‘progress over perfection’ as they commercialize a breakthrough bottle.
December 29, 2024
Behind the latest paper bottle by Baileys.
Bio-based
Top Articles of 2024, #10: KDP Unveils Plant-based, Compostable Coffee Pod
The #10 most clicked article of 2024: These coffee pods use an alginate-based primary package material with some barrier properties. The system will employ recyclable secondary packaging with additional barrier. Many packaging details remain to be sorted.
December 26, 2024
The plant-based coating doesn’t dissolve into the coffee—it stays intact during the brewing process. So, after the K-Rounds are brewed, consumers will have to dispose of the remaining spent coating. It is expected to be certified compostable.
Bio-based
Seaweed-based Packaging Innovator B’ZEOS Secures Seed Round and Strategic Partnerships
B’ZEOS
B’ZEOS has secured seed funding to scale its sustainable seaweed-based packaging solutions, addressing the growing demand for eco-friendly alternatives to traditional plastics.
December 4, 2024
B Zeos Sachet, Pellets And Dried Seaweed 1
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Baskin-Robbins, Soy Silvestre, and Whatrr Introduce Bio-Based Packaging Solutions
ThePackHub
See a few examples of bio-based packaging solutions from Baskin-Robbins, Soy Silvestre, and Whatrr from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
November 21, 2024
Whatrr's new biodegradable water bottles use bamboo and sugarcane pulp to make up the outer shell.
Bio-based
Honeywell and SGP BioEnergy Join Forces to Develop Plant-Based Biochemicals, Reducing Industry’s Reliance on Fossil Fuels
Honeywell
Honeywell technology will use second-generation feedstock to advance biochemical production, and SGP BioEnergy will be the first company to use and scale the technology.
November 13, 2024
Honeywell
Sustainability
Together for Sustainability: pester pac automation and Solutum Offer Eco-Friendly Packaging Solution
pester pac automation
Solutum’s film functions like traditional plastic wrapping film, but at its end of life, it can be composted or will fully biodegrade in soil or water, leaving no environmental impact.
October 28, 2024
Solutum Matierals, Heart
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Paper-Based Canister Keeps Powdered Collagen Fresh and Dry
Vital Proteins switches from a plastic canister to one made from 80% paper for its powdered collagen peptides, making the container curbside recyclable and reducing the company’s use of plastic by 4 million lb.
October 23, 2024
Made from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified fiber, a new paper-based package will reduce the plastic used across all Vital Proteins canister offerings by more than 90%.
Bio-based
Nestlé Continues to Embrace Paper with New Quality Street Tub
The new paper-based carton for Quality Street sweets for Christmas offers the same shape and brand color, but is now 100% curbside recyclable.
October 21, 2024
The paper carton for Quality Street enables more boxes to fit on a pallet and is said to have the potential to reduce CO2 emissions significantly. Image courtesy of Smurfit Westrock.
Bio-based
TekniPlex Consumer Products to Showcase Recyclable Container Liners & More at PACK EXPO
TekniPlex Consumer Products
In Booth W-21047, TPCP will have a wide array of sustainability-minded solutions and integrated components on display and will tout its new U.S. Molded Fiber Production Facility.
October 17, 2024
TekniPlex Consumer Products' ProTecSeals Recyclable IHS Liners
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Wood-Based PET Pharmaceutical Bottle
UPM, Selenis, and Bormioli Pharma team up to create the first-ever pharmaceutical bottle partially made with wood-based plastic, marking a step towards sustainable packaging.
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