Packaged in the Press

Paulig's Sustainability Initiatives

High-quality and durable packaging plays a key role in preventing food waste. Good packaging protects the product and its taste throughout the production chain and ensures that the product remains fresh. Important perspectives in decreasing food waste include the size of the packaging and how easy it is to use and empty. Paulig Group invests strongly in packaging development and also takes into account the environmental effects of packaging. Did you know that Paulig was the first in the world to introduce renewable raw materials to vacuum coffee packages?
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Loop's Zero Waste Platform Is Changing The Culture Of Disposability One Pint Of Ice Cream At A Time

Ease, affordability, and convenience: these concepts that have quickly come to the forefront of the way that we operate and prioritize. Yet these priorities have come at odds with our growing environmental crisis, where individuals are starting to get curious about what they can do to lighten their environmental impact.
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Flat wine bottles could cut costs and emissions

Wine may soon be distributed in flat plastic bottles, in a move that could reduce carbon emissions and costs in the industry’s supply chain.
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Defra launches consultations set to overhaul the UK's waste system

Defra has launched a series of consultations intended to ‘overhaul’ the UK’s waste system.
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Nestlé ice cream brand joins Loop reusable packaging initiative

Nestlé brand Häagen-Dazs has become the official ice cream partner for the pilot Loop project in New York launching sometime over the next few months.
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Unique Opportunities: The Rise of e-Groceries

At this year’s Global Packaged Summit, Tetra Pak launched the 2018 Tetra Pak Index, an annual report that investigates consumer trends and growth opportunities in the Food and Drink industry. Sonia Sharma explores the rise of e-Groceries and the role packaging plays.
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Packaged Summit: focus shifts from carbon footprint to waste

Where a few years ago everyone was still busy with the ecological footprint of a product, the focus is currently shifting from this carbon food print to 'waste' or waste.
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The Power of Packaging Integral Products

At Packaged, the 7th Global Summit in Amsterdam, Dr. Chris Simms, a Reader in Innovation Management and New Product Development at Portsmouth University, gave a talk on the opportunities presented by packaging integral products. Elisabeth Skoda took the opportunity to speak to him to find out more.
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Colgate-Palmolive finds it essential to know consumers well

Products must inspire consumers and it is essential to know the consumer well. "By offering a positive product experience, there is an affinity between the consumer and the product"
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Lush sees more attention for customer experience and sustainability

"Customer experience and sustainability are topics that are receiving more and more attention," says Julien Barreau, Creative Buyer at Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics .
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Developing packaging is a team effort at Philips

"Developing packaging is a team effort. You need all disciplines and you have to look at all the different aspects of packaging to get a strong design."
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Approaching Plastic Waste Differently by Region

The public commotion about plastic waste and the high recycling requirements imposed by the EU require brand owners such as Coca-Cola and Danone to take swift action.
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The Impact of Packaging at the "Moment of Truth"

At the Packaged summit in Amsterdam, Elisabeth Skoda spoke with Alexandre de Souza Carvalho, Director Marketing Services at Tetra Pak, about the growth in the online grocery market, and how packaging innovations can help consumers to have a better shopping experience.
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