Category Archives: Packaging 101

5 Ways Microplastics Reveal the Importance of Sustainable Packaging

Microplastics in soil and food chain highlighting need for sustainable packaging solutions.

Plastic pollution isn’t just about bottles on beaches or bags in the ocean. Increasingly, scientists are finding that microplastics (tiny plastic fragments less than 5mm) are contaminating soils, crops, animals, and even our bodies. Recent research (highlighted by The Guardian) shows that microplastics are working their way into food chains from the ground up. One […]

3 Things You Didn’t Know About Sustainable Packaging (Bioplastics, PLA and Paper)

3 Things You Didn't Know About Sustainable Packaging (Bioplastics, PLAs, PHAs, PCR plastic, paper)

In the race to reduce plastic waste and environmental impact, sustainable packaging has become one of the most talked-about and misunderstood topics in the FMCG world. From buzzwords like “recyclable” and “compostable” to materials like PLA and PHA, or performance terms like oxygen transmission rate (OTR) and shelf life, it can be challenging to understand […]