Smart packaging, NFC tags, 3D printing, nanotechnology, robotics, and emerging technologies reshaping the packaging industry.
A recycled-content number is not one fact. A state content mandate, the FTC's advertising guidance and the FDA's food-contact review each apply a diff...
Biological depolymerisation turns PET back into monomer and, on paper, solves the quality problem mechanical recycling cannot. The chemistry is proven...
A third of all food is lost or wasted, much of it before anyone eats it. Eight packaging technologies — from MAP to edible coatings — that do the work...
Counterfeits cost brands $467B a year and most fraud wins at the package. A breakdown of holograms, serialized QR, NFC chips, and blockchain — what ea...
From DNA taggants to programmable e-paper labels, here's what's actually replacing the 1D barcode across pharma, food, luxury, and e-commerce supply c...
Eight emerging self-healing and reactive packaging materials from MIT, ETH Zurich, KAIST, Penn State, and Cambridge — with realistic commercialization...
Seaweed packaging is moving from lab experiments to real shelves. How alginate, carrageenan, and agar films work, who's scaling them, and where the te...