The study focuses on a collaboration between The Sustainability Consortium and Marck Recycling, located in the Northwest Arkansas region. 

The blister packaging market is witnessing high growth owing to downsizing of packaging and requirement of fewer resources in blister packaging.

Thermocell plastic material, which is made from renewable components, is to be used in the same way as fossil-based plastic.

The Raku-raku Switch uses a soft dome button to dispense a fixed amount of contents.

According to researchers, a caterpillar that’s been bred for commercial fishing purposes has demonstrated the ability to biodegrade polyethylene. In a controlled experiment, about 100 of these insects were placed in a plastic bag.

Compared to the lists of the past few years, the 2017 Flexible Packaging Top 25 Converters list may seem, well, ordinary. While this year was not without its share of M&A's, they were all fairly minor to some of the big shake-ups the industry has seen in the past.