Recycling

Legislation aims to ‘fix America’s broken recycling system’ with detailed 2-prong plan

08-Aug-2022 By Elizabeth Crawford

CPG and waste and recycling industry leaders are urging the House of Representatives to follow the US Senate’s lead and quickly pass “critical” legislation needed to “fix America’s broken recycling system” which, according to the Consumer Brands Association,...

Plink! The effervescent future of functional beverages

15-Jul-2022 By Elizabeth Crawford

Once associated with refreshment and relaxation, the crack of a can or hiss of gas following the twist of bottle top is becoming a source of anxiety for some consumers who associate it with single-use plastic, broken recycling systems and unwanted litter.

How can the US increase beverage can recycling?

13-Jul-2022 By Rachel Arthur

Less than half of beverage cans in the US are currently recycled: but US can manufacturers want to see 80% recycled by 2040 and 90% by 2050. So how can these goals be reached?

Tetra Pak talks ‘industry first’ fibre-based barrier: ‘Our aim is to develop the world’s most sustainable food package’

09-Jun-2022 By Katy Askew

Tetra Pak is developing a fibre-based barrier to replace the aluminium layer currently needed in food and beverage packaging like juice boxes and milk cartons. We caught up with Tetra Pak’s Davide Braghiroli, Product Director Packaging Materials and Alternative...

Coca-Cola: 'Recycling rates aren’t dramatically shifting'

17-May-2022 By Elizabeth Crawford

Even though 59% of Americans have access to curbside recycling, only 27% of plastic bottles are currently recycled – a grim statistic that is not only bad for the environment but also bad for CPG businesses, such as The Coca-Cola Co., that are striving...

The Bumble Bee Seafood Co’s sustainability success opens unexpected marketing opportunities

31-Mar-2022 By Elizabeth Crawford

By replacing the shrink wrap around multipacks of canned tuna with paperboard cartons, The Bumble Bee Seafood Company not only achieved an ambitious sustainability goal ahead of schedule, but it also unlocked unexpected marketing, retail and consumer...

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Creminelli Fine Meats leverages post-consumer recycled content to create more circular economy for plastic packaging

07-Mar-2022 By Elizabeth Crawford

Despite laudable progress in recent years to create a more circular economy for plastics, the food industry still has a long way to go to meet ambitious and fast-approach goals to reduce the use of total and virgin plastic and incorporate more post-consumer...

Plastic Promises report tracks corporate progress on the plastic crisis

10-Jan-2022 By Asia Sherman

Global consumer product companies are setting ambitious goals to fight the plastic crisis, but are they acting on these promises?

'A step in the right direction...' Chobani unveils paper-based yogurt cups

26-Aug-2021 By Elaine Watson

In a first for a national dairy brand in the US, Chobani has unveiled a yogurt cup made with 80% paperboard that will hit the market later this year in its single-serve oat blend products, with a view to rolling out across a wider set of products over...

Consumer Brands Association marks first anniversary with growth, renewed industry trust, on point agenda

02-Mar-2021 By Elizabeth Crawford

A sharp increase in the Consumer Brands Association’s membership in 2020 underscores how the trade group’s “pro-consumer, pro-growth agenda” is helping it regain the trust and support of the CPG industry, including some companies that left the organization...

California makes recycled content in plastic bottles mandatory with ‘world’s strongest recycled content standards’

28-Sep-2020 By Rachel Arthur

California is the first US state to require beverage containers to use a set amount of recycled plastic: starting with 15% recycled content in 2022 and increasing to 50% in 2030.

JBS to expand its recycling operations with two more facilities

10-Mar-2020 By Jenny Eagle

JBS Ambiental, part of JBS food company which owns Friboi, Moy Park, Pilgrim’s Pride, Primo, Seara, Swift, and Gold’n Plump, is celebrating after expanding its waste management business, recycling 17,000 tons of material in 2019, reflecting a 15% year-on-year...

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Consumer Brands Association uncovers what keeps CPG leaders up at night

21-Feb-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

The consumer packaged goods industry may be composed of diverse companies offering disparate products ranging from toothpaste to pet food to canned soup, but a recent survey conducted by the Consumer Brands Association reveals 86% of CPG leaders place...

Plastic food and drink packaging: Use it or lose it?

06-Jan-2020 By Niamh Michail

As Mexico becomes the latest country in Latin America to set national plastic-reduction goals, increasing numbers of Latinos are looking for plastic-free packaging options, according to market analysts. But how feasible is going plastic-free?

GMA to become Consumer Brands Association in new year as part of larger ‘transformation’

30-Sep-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

Starting in January, the Grocery Manufacturers Association will become the Consumer Brands Association and in doing so will continue its dramatic transformation that began when Geoff Freeman took the helm as president and CEO in August 2018 after several...

Nestlé Pure Life debuts 100% rPET bottle in North America

20-Feb-2018 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Nestlé Pure Life Purified Water has debuted a bottle made from 100% food grade recycled plastic (rPET) in the North American market.

Waste crackdown: McDonald’s commits to renewable, recyclable packaging by 2025

16-Jan-2018 By Oscar Rousseau

All packaging used by fast food giant McDonald’s will come from renewable, recycled or certified sources by 2025.

Nestlé Waters North America joins How2Recycle

24-Apr-2017 By Jenny Eagle

Nestlé Waters North America, Campbell Soup Company and Unilever have joined How2Recycle as PepsiCo plans to roll-out more products with the label.

Packaging trends evolve to preserve flavor & the planet, Tetra Pak predicts

14-Feb-2017 By Elizabeth Crawford

Manufacturers and brands will need to be more flexible in their approach to packaging in 2017 to better reflect the previously unexpected blending of ingredients, flavors and usage occasions that are emerging to ensure the products deliver the best experience,...

Cartons help brands sell sustainability with new unqualified ‘please, recycle’ claim

14-Feb-2017 By Elizabeth Crawford

A new ability to don an unqualified “please, recycle” claim on cartons elevates the packaging’s already strong sustainability story and gives brands that use the containers another tool with which to woo environmentally-conscious consumers.

Minimal packaging will win over half of US consumers, says Mintel study

04-Aug-2016 By Adi Menayang

New research from Mintel revealed that four in five US consumers agree that reducing food waste is as important as reducing packaging waste.

Dow launches recyclable stand-up pouch suitable for cereals and snacks

08-Jul-2016 By Vince Bamford

Dow Chemical Company is aiming to tap growing demand for stand-up pouches with a flexible, recyclable version using its RecycleReady technology.

R&D Insider - From Nestlé's lab in Lausanne

Foiling over-packing: Nestlé project aims to reduce environmental impact of chocolate wrappers

02-Nov-2015 By Oliver Nieburg

Nestlé has begun a project to explore whether it is over-packing chocolate and can move to lighter packaging options.

Sustainable sourcing starts with better use of your own company's waste

25-Jun-2015 By Nathan Gray

When it comes to sustainable sourcing, is creating your own ingredients and resources from recovered or recycled wastes the most sustainable of all options?

Cargill’s Hazleton meat plant achieves landfill-free status

16-Apr-2015 By Georgi Gyton

Cargill has achieved zero-waste to landfill at its Hazleton plant in Pennsylvania, US.

Sunwarrior increased sales, lowered costs and improved sustainability by switching to square tubs

13-Apr-2015 By Elizabeth Crawford

Turns out being square isn’t such a bad thing, protein powder company Sunwarrior discovered when it ditched cylinder tubs for ones with four corners.

Thinking outside the can: Fig Food’s soup pouches are eye-catching and environmentally-friendly

01-Apr-2015 By Elizabeth Crawford

Fig Food Inc.’s low-sodium, locally-sourced, vegan soups and cooked beans are not only healthy for consumers, but thanks to their eye-catching, BPA-free pouches they also are healthy for the earth and the business’ bottom line, the company founder said.

Unilever eliminates waste to landfill

16-Feb-2015 By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Unilever has met its target of sending zero non-hazardous waste to landfill from its 240 factories around the world.

Green Sheep Water sets itself apart from the herd with aluminum bottles

11-Nov-2014 By Elizabeth Crawford

Start-up Green Sheep Water hopes that using aluminum bottles to package its recently launched water will reduce the nearly 990 plastic bottles that Americans use every second that end up in the landfill or ocean.

Diageo eyes new Connecticut opportunity in malt-based frozen RTDs

20-May-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) tells BeverageDaily.com it opposes a successful state bill allowing sales of malt beverages in pouches on recycling grounds, as Diageo eyes frozen alcoholic RTD success in another...