PepsiCo has launched a redesigned 2-litre bottle in four US cities -- with a national rollout to follow -- driven by a desire to improve the bottle's ergonomics without using more plastic.
The quest for a better single-serve beverage cup is ongoing - with US scientists reporting progress in developing a viable plastic replacement by combining bagasse and bamboo.
Bacardi, the world’s largest family-owned spirits company, says it will use 100% biodegradable bottles for all of its spirits by 2023.
With global war on plastic straws declared over two years ago, there has been little news of commercialised paper alternatives for single-serve cartons. What seems simple is clearly full of challenges - but UK brand Ribena has recently announced a new prototype.
Absolut will start trialling a paper bottle prototype in the UK and Sweden: aiming to ‘turn the spirits industry upside down with packaging that invokes real and long-lasting behavioural change’.
Heineken UK is set to roll out its 100% plastic-free cardboard topper, called Green Grip, for multi-pack cans across the retail stores in the UK, despite the Covid-19 challenges.
South Africa’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle recycling achievements continue to impress, despite global market contractions and the closure of a leading recycler, Mpact Polymers.
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has adopted CanCollar paperboard-based ring technology for its multipack cans in Europe, with the initial launch in Spain's Balearic Islands and further rollout anticipated.
British beverage giant, Diageo, will launch its Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky in a 100% plastic-free, paper-based bottle, as part of its sustainability efforts.
Evian's new no-label bottle, which has the brand name engraved onto the recycled plastic, is part of the brand's effort to become fully circular by 2025.
As sustainability ratchets up to the top of consumer concerns, the number of wine bottle alternatives is growing. Here's news of the aptly titled Frugal bottle, a paper bottle that's already commercialised.
Successfully communicating sustainability credentials to consumers is key to developments in food and drinks packaging - and adjudged by Innova Market Insights as its top packaging trend in 2020. Innova’s consumer research indicates that consumer expectations around sustainability are higher than ever, pushing companies to prioritise...
Nespresso has launched the first coffee capsules made using 80% recycled aluminium, part of its continued journey towards circularity, to minimise waste and maximise reuse of product materials.
Mintel, expert in what consumers want and why, believes there are two key 2020 packaging trends set to transform the global packaging landscape in the year/s ahead.
SAB reports that it's one of the only businesses in the world, and the first in South Africa, to introduce environmentally-friendly Core Linerless Solutions labels for its product packaging.
First Choice Fresh Extended Shelf Life (ESL) milk, manufactured by Woodlands Dairy, one of the largest manufacturers of UHT milk in South Africa, has launched new packaging this month.
The plastic six-pack ring, once ubiquitous on packs of beer and soft drinks, may not necessarily exist much longer. The latest alternative is the functional and sensible KeelClip...
The world’s largest brewer, AB InBev, is doing away with the paper labels that have adorned some of its beer bottles for decades in favour of imprinting branding on 200,000 bottles themselves.
Here's another innovative solution to the eco-conundrum that is the take-out coffee cup... Introducing the Unocup, a simple yet clever example, using a paper folding design to give coffee drinkers a takeout option without the need for a plastic lid.
The Institute of Packaging SA's Gold Pack Awards are the showcase for the local packaging industry - here is news of the 2019 beverage winners, with Fairview Wines's novel rendition of bag-in-box wine taking the top prize for converter, Shave & Gibson.