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…
13 Nov 2025
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 designed for both. Seals that hold, codes that scan and…
12 Nov 2025
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 layers for barrier, inks and adhesives for appeal and integrity.…
11 Nov 2025
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 packaging line. The right combination of tamper-evident packaging, clear opening…
10 Nov 2025
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 hubs. Industrial packaging waste—pallet wrap, strapping, corrugated shippers, foam dunnage,…
07 Nov 2025
Ink, adhesive and additive chemistry: the real levers in packaging
The layers most shoppers never notice decide whether a pouch survives retort, a label stays put in the chiller, and a bottle becomes a bottle again. Ink, adhesive and additive…
06 Nov 2025
Informal recycling in emerging markets
Across large parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America, the people who keep packaging out of rivers and open dumps aren’t municipal crews or big contractors but informal recyclers—often called…