Progress in packaging

We are bombarded with demands to eliminate plastic at all costs, with particular focus on single use plastics. While we are fully behind the implementation of the most sustainable packaging options, the reality is that the use of plastic packaging within the food industry will not go away overnight.

What we are seeing however, are innovative solutions around the reduction in plastic use and volumes, which is a good step in the right direction. This month we explore some of the innovative ways that food manufacturers are making this happen. Even manufacturers making use of more sustainable glass packaging have challenges that reduce the lifespan of their glass bottles. Bottle washers and conveyor systems stress the bottles on each cycle they make through the packaging hall - etching the glass, fading ACL labels, or scuffing the bottle in the process. The damage to the product appearance results in a negative impact on the brand at the point of sale. With the cost of new glass bottles to the industry having risen 80% since this time last year, the threat of global…

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Food & Beverage Reporter (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2022

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