The packaging industry enters 2026 under regulatory and sustainability pressures after a year of smart and bio-based ...

We may soon be finishing off a box of cereal and then eating the bag it came in. Researchers have turned to bacteria-produced cellulose to create a composite packaging material to replace plastic. The ...

"DADDY, what does that ugly white sign with a '1051 and a tiny six' mean on that big truck?" inquired an 8-year-old as a tanker truck barreled down I-95 within a quarter mile of a Greenwich, Conn., ...

Improving the sustainability of flexible packaging films, pouches, and other formats in the packaged food category starts with a first step away from nonrecyclable multilayer barrier films. That ...

Returns and damage aren’t just logistics issues. Discover how packaging decisions can quietly reduce product damage, returns, ...

Six empty brown paper fry boats arranged next to each other in a grid formation. Credit: William Ludwig/C&EN/Getty In the 1960s, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the company that popularized ...

If you ship products, you must not only track the inventory of products, but also the shipping supplies. Your packaging materials can be a source of waste and duplication of expenses. To combat the ...