Packaging

Texas approves law requiring warning labels for food additives

The legislation will apply to food product labels developed or copyrighted on or after Jan. 1, 2027. Future FDA action on labeling would have...

Containerboard capacity has shrunk nearly 6% in 2025. That may rebalance the market.

North American mill closures could alter the supply and demand dynamic and bring a “golden age” for containerboard following years of oversupply, according to a Truist...

Maine alters packaging EPR law, to industry’s relief

With LD 1423, groups wanted to bring Maine’s first-in-the-nation packaging EPR law from 2021 into closer alignment with more recent versions of EPR legislation...

WM’s upgraded Wisconsin MRF aims to capture more types of plastic packaging

Part of the $39 million investment went toward a film mitigation system, which reduces contamination in other streams. WM also is in the early...

Illinois advances foam ban legislation, progresses on EPR study

The legislature this year considered bills addressing polystyrene foam food containers as well as single-use plastic bags and food ware items. Meanwhile, a recycling...

From Restaurant to Customer:The Ideal Packaging for Fried Foods

Transporting fried food poses a unique challenge for restaurants dedicated to delivering meals that remain as hot and crispy as they are fresh from...

Canada threatens further tariffs on US steel, aluminum

The exact new rate will depend on progress made towards a tariff deal with the Trump administration as of July 21. Source: https://www.packagingdive.com/news/canada-steel-aluminum-tariffs-carney-trump/751208/

US senators call on EPA to study reuse, refill

Recycling policy advocates Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., are teaming up again, this time on the REUSE Act, to assess opportunities...

New York legislative session ends without Assembly vote on packaging EPR

Packaging industry groups celebrated the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act’s failure to advance as the legislature’s formal session came to a close early...

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