Packaging news and related stories that caught my attention in the last week.
As you’d expect, a lot of the stories we see these days are related to sustainability, where there is obviously a lot of activity.
There is always a lot happening in the industry, though.
Look out more the next “What’s Up With Packaging” soon!
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What’s Up With Packaging?
P&G Recalls Tide Pods.
Proctor and Gamble had to recall over 8 million detergent pods after defects were found with the tamper-evident packaging.
Read more here: P&G Recall.
Amazon Reducing Plastics – Just Not Here.
Fast Company ran a story about Amazon’s serious efforts to reduce plastic usage in Europe and parts of Asia, but not so much in the US.
Plastics Overload for Produce Packaging
This New York Times article discussed the huge amount of plastic that is used in fresh produce packaging and looked at some ways to help with this problem.
Finally, keeping on the plastics topic, I noted that here in New Hampshire, there doesn’t seem to be the same desire to remove single use plastic bags as we were used to in Texas.
