Maria Rachal
Senior EditorMaria has been a business journalist at Industry Dive since 2018, with background covering the medical technology, waste and recycling industries before launching Packaging Dive in 2023. She lives in Washington, D.C. and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and politics.
418 articles by Maria Rachal
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Packaging innovation center scores federal funding to ‘strengthen US manufacturers’
May 9, 2025 -
Packaging innovations: PCR plays from CG Roxane, Every Man Jack, Stumptown Coffee
May 8, 2025 -
GreenBlue shares How2Recycle label updates, launches tube and thermoform group
May 7, 2025 -
Ball says tariff impacts so far have been minimal
May 7, 2025 -
O-I says glass supply chains are a strength amid aluminum tariffs
May 5, 2025 -
Smurfit Westrock, GPI, Hood Container announced facility closures in April
May 5, 2025 -
Amcor completes acquisition of Berry Global
April 30, 2025 -
Sonoco scales global metal packaging business, downplays tariff exposure
April 30, 2025 -
Crown cautiously optimistic for 2025 growth
April 29, 2025 -
CPGs unlikely to hit 2025 PCR goals, Ameripen analysis shows
April 28, 2025 -
Ardagh Metal Packaging expects ‘minimal impact’ from tariffs
April 25, 2025 -
Mauser contract dispute engages Teamsters president, Seattle mayor
April 24, 2025 -
TricorBraun names new CEO
April 23, 2025 -
Mondelēz reports challenges in lowering virgin plastic
April 22, 2025 -
Packaging groups support combo EPR, bottle bill legislation in Rhode Island
April 21, 2025 -
General Mills projects plastic decreases as product portfolio changes
April 16, 2025 -
Oregon’s PRO aims to collect more EPR data in April
April 14, 2025 -
Packaging M&A highlights from Q1
April 10, 2025 -
California confirms EPS food service ware ban
April 8, 2025 -
US states renew push for tethered bottle caps to help recycling
March 27, 2025 -
Packaging groups back bipartisan recycling bill in Congress
March 21, 2025 -
Days away from Oregon EPR reporting deadline, cue the ‘compliance anxiety’
March 21, 2025 -
O-I seeks to compete better with cans in North America
March 18, 2025 -
Recyclers give packaging designers a glimpse into limitations, opportunities in today’s MRFs
March 17, 2025 -
5 years later, pandemic-era effects have a mark on the packaging industry
March 14, 2025