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    Tracking packaging mergers and acquisitions in 2025

    This week, Greif announced it’s selling its containerboard business to Packaging Corporation of America and International Paper announced it completed the sale of five plants to Palm Group.

    Updated July 2, 2025
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    Sonoco names interim CEO for metal packaging segment following death of Tomás López

    Tomás López was CEO of Eviosys until Sonoco acquired it in December 2024. Following his death, the company has appointed a temporary leader for Sonoco Metal Packaging EMEA.

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    International Paper to exit molded fiber market, sell select Mexico sites

    The company is also shuttering packaging and recycling facilities in Ohio and Kansas. Thursday’s announcement will impact over 100 U.S. employees — just the latest update in IP’s ongoing North American optimization.

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    CVS talks store-brand packaging redesign

    Vice President of Store Brands Mike Weir shared more about scaling simplified packaging designs to strengthen private-label offerings.

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    Rhode Island lawmakers replace EPR and bottle bill proposal with study bill

    The bill, which overhauls a previous version establishing new recycling systems in the state, instead calls for a report and recommendations that might lead to future extended producer responsibility and deposit return system proposals.

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    More than a PFAS replacement: Starch-based coating companies expand

    Companies such as Ingredion, Roquette and Kuraray are incorporating new research to meet demand from customers in food service and e-commerce.

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    The last-minute scramble with EPR is like tax season, says CAA’s CEO

    “There were sleepless nights” ahead of Oregon's producer reporting deadline, and another “big surge” is expected in the home stretch to Colorado’s deadline, said Circular Action Alliance’s Jeff Fielkow at the Packaging Recycling Summit.

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    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 the potential to supersede it.

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    Inside Braskem’s push to scale biopolymer production for packaging and more

    The Brazilian chemical company’s recently opened $20 million research facility in Massachusetts is part of the company’s broader network of R&D sites and interest in alternatives to fossil-based plastics.

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    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 Securities analyst.

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    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 in other states.

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    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 stages of selling this captured material as a commodity. 

    Updated June 24, 2025
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    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 needs assessment study is in the works.

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    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 in consumer packaging, food service and more.

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    Packaging innovations: Chicken changes at Sam’s Club are nothing to cluck at

    Plus, O Olive Oil & Vinegar puts the squeeze on its bottles, Amcor lightens up Bulldog tubes and Elopak partners with Dow on cartons containing recycled polymers.

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    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.

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    Danone, DuPont, Green Bay Packaging, Sonoco detail facility expansions

    Plus, International Paper is exploring its possibilities in Utah, and Nova Chemicals opened a film recycling plant with Novolex.

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    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 Wednesday.

    Updated June 18, 2025
  • Boxed vs. bottled: Not all sustainability claims hold water, nonprofit says

    The brand Boxed Water is Better agreed to change certain environmental statements on its packaging in response to a nonprofit’s review, which was requested by the International Bottled Water Association.

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    Sonoco hires CFO with manufacturing background

    The packaging company has hired a finance executive with experience across “diverse manufacturing industries,” who will replace Sonoco’s interim CFO of about six months.

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    California delays compostable packaging crackdown before USDA vote

    In granting an extension in AB 1201, CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller said the “fluid status of stakeholders’ legal obligations would present a significant risk of market disruption and exacerbate consumers’ confusion.”

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    Crown names new COO, shuffles other leadership

    Crown Holdings will promote some longtime employees as part of the leadership rearrangement. The shifts will especially affect beverage can divisions, which are experiencing sales growth.

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    How shareholders voted on plastics and packaging proposals in 2025

    The National Legal and Policy Center and As You Sow each say they see positives after generating discussion around plastics-related proposals this year, including at Walmart, Mondelēz and The Home Depot.

  • Two dozen people holding picket signs saying they're striking against Mauser Packaging Solutions stand outside an industrial facility.
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    Teamsters strike at Mauser facility in Chicago, with support in Los Angeles, Minnesota

    The strike that began in Chicago and spread to other Mauser locations this week over contract disputes come on the heels of labor activity in Seattle in April regarding an ongoing lockout.

    Updated June 13, 2025
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    The state packaging EPR club swaps stories as implementation advances

    Lawmakers and regulators from California, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Tennessee shared insights on scaling up at a Product Stewardship Institute event last week.