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Packaging can earn a wide range of awards and that's all well and good, but there’s a globally known organization, the United Nations (New York City), that’s not usually associated with awards for packaging developments.
Which is why the United Nation’s United Nations Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activity award given to TerraCycle (Trenton, NJ), Procter & Gamble (Geneva, Switzerland) and SUEZ (Paris) seems pretty special.
The UN's recognition is for the initiative announced earlier this year with the partnership of these three organizations to create the world's first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made with beach plastic. The award is to be given in Bonn, Germany, in November during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23).
The shampoo bottle, made for the world #1 shampoo brand, Head & Shoulders, contains 25% beach plastic that is collected from beaches, oceans, rivers and other waterways. TerraCycle manages the collection process, working with NGOs an..

The global specialty and high-performance films market was valued at $34.9 billion in 2016, according to a report published by Coherent Market Insights (Seattle, WA). While the performance films market is “segmented” into various end-use applications, including packaging, construction, electrical and electronics, and consumer and personal care products, the packaging industry dominates this segment.
According to Coherent, the food packaging industry in North America and Europe is witnessing burgeoning growth, which creates a highly conducive environment for expansion of the specialty and high-performance films market. Contributing to packaging market growth are factors such as low oxygen ready-case technology, vacuum packaging and oxygen scavenging.
Rising applications for barrier films in solar photovoltaic cell and semiconductors due to moisture resistance and oxidation properties further augment market growth, said Coherent’s executive summary. Moreover, the microporous segment is..