All Comment articles – Page 24
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Article“Doing more, with less”: The future of lightweight packaging
At a time when the industry is scrambling to react to societal and political pressure for more sustainable packaging, Andrew Capper, creative director at Echo, looks at how lightweighting could help solve this issue.
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ArticleNude products: Is the end of packaging coming?
The desire for sustainable consumption is growing, but at the same time, the products should also be safe and comfortable. How can the industry react to these sometimes contradictory trends?
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 6 - Nomad
The sixth and final part of this series looks to provide a practical and effective packaging design solution for on-the-go wine, offering a range of beverages inspired by consumers' thirst for experiences over things.
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ArticleTraceability 4.0: Beyond product tracking
Andy Zosel, President and Chief Executive Officer at OMRON Microscan, and Kenta Yamakawa, Senior Vice President at OMRON Microscan, explore the different iterations of traceability and how it can help to optimise productivity and quality.
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ArticleRethinking supply chains in a post-COVID world
Guest contributor Sujan Shah, CEO of Rocaba Packaging Limited and Carrier Bag Shop, looks at the potential effects of the pandemic on an area that was previously overlooked by most consumers: the supply chain.
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Article“Now is the time to transition to a circular economy”
In this article, TOMRA gives its views on how the current pandemic can support a green recovery, as well as a transition to a circular economy for plastics.
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 5 - Chocooatl
Part five in Anthem's series looks at a new category of flavoured milk for adults, that uses more complex taste profiles and innovative structural packaging design to offer a grown-up and indulgent beverage.
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ArticleTackling the late-stage customisation challenge in pharmaceutical logistics
Arndt Neues, Team Manager, Key Account Food & Commodity OEMs at Omron explores how pharma manufacturers can implement a tamper-evident, flexible solution for low and medium volume production.
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ArticleCOVID-19 and e-commerce: for Sitma, sustainability and digitization are the answer
As a historic Italian company that for fifty years has specialized in developing packaging and logistics machines and systems, Sitma has closely followed the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the world of logistics and e-commerce.
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ArticleUpcycling used mixed plastic back to the original polymer
In the summer, Unilever’s ice cream brand Magnum announced the rollout of recyclable ice cream tubs made with recycled polypropylene (rPP), following a successful pilot launch in Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands last year.
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ArticleSustainability targets remain on track even in times of crisis
In a flash survey amongst its member companies, the German plastics association IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. investigated the current demand for recycled plastics.
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 4 - Ever Bean
Part four in this series looks at how a unique ingredient packaging design layout can champion the humble bean in support of healthier food snacking alternatives.
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ArticleSealed Air on sustainability through waste reduction
Sealed Air urges the industry to place a focus on food security and shelf-life as an effective approach to reducing waste and improving resource usage.
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 3 - Vega L’eau
In this edition of the Design for Change series, Anthem Worldwide discusses how packaging can amplify quality, unique products.
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 2 - Color Me Up
Anthem Worldwide has been exploring how packaging design can be used to help influence positive change. Part 2 in the series looks to shake up the sea of sameness packaging design in the home hair colouring aisle
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ArticleHas COVID-19 tipped the packaging scales?
How has the current pandemic affected packaging industry priorities?
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ArticleEU plastic tax plans criticised by European plastics industry
EuPC has criticised the EU’s plans to levy a plastic tax to help fund its coronavirus recovery package.
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ArticleThe broken promises of plastic substitutes
The commercial shift to alternative packaging types isn’t working — so what will? Dr Ashlee Jahnke, research director of biodegradable bioplastics developer Teysha Technologies, explains why she believes polymer research holds the key.
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ArticleWhat the oil price crash means for bioplastics
Despite the clear environmental advantages, bioplastics still only have about a 0.5% market share of the global plastics industry.
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ArticleOn Second Thoughts... This too shall pass?
Casper Thykier, co-founder and CEO at Zappar, creative studio and AR platform, explores how technology can be used to adapt to societal changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.