When to repair, rebottle or retire your IBCs
Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) are workhorses of liquid and bulk logistics. Deciding whether to repair, rebottle or retire each unit…
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Oumar Fofana
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From silo to ship: packaging tactics to cut post-harvest losses
Every tonne of grain, oilseed, sugar or fertiliser represents months of fieldwork and capital at risk. The journey from storage…
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Senior-Friendly Packaging: smarter grips, clearer labels, safer closures
Ageing changes how people see, hold and open everyday packs. Reduced grip strength, joint pain, tremor, fading eyesight and heightened…
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Strategies for packaging teams under PPWR and EPR
Targets for recycled content and recyclability have shifted from voluntary pledges to enforceable rules. For packaging teams, the EU Packaging…
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Certification isn’t enough: field-tested compostable packaging
Compostable packaging promises to turn food-soiled packs into soil-building compost, but only when the materials and formats break down in…
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Wash, scan, redeploy: a packaging playbook for foodservice reuse
Refillable and reusable packaging in foodservice lives or dies behind the counter. If containers don’t stack cleanly, drains clog, scanners…
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Return packaging works: codes that scan, seals that hold
Every online order has two journeys—out to the customer and, for many, back again. Return packaging works best when it’s…
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End-of-life packaging for flexible multilayers
Most snack, coffee and pet-food packs are thin composites rather than single films—polyolefins for seal and toughness, EVOH or metallised…
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From seal to scan: packaging tactics for loss prevention
Retail shrink is often framed as a store operations problem, yet many of the most effective solutions start on the…
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Industrial packaging waste: the hidden cost centre
Most debates about packaging waste focus on household recycling, while the heavier costs pile up in factories, warehouses and distribution…