Karen Proctor, professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, was awarded the R. David LeButt Packaging Education award at this year’s International Safe Transit Association annual TransPack Forum.

How many times has a package arrived through the mail looking like it was on the field during a World Cup match? Did the product inside survive? Learn more about how packaging products are tested to ...

Packaging is the shop window for your brand, the primary interface through which food and beverage manufacturers interact with consumers. Packaging innovation, therefore, cannot be taken lightly. How ...

With the holiday season in full swing, gifts of all shapes and sizes are being shipped around the world. But all that packaging generates lots of waste, including cardboard boxes and plastic-based ...

Preview of the UP Scorecard tool. Easily compare the environmental and human health impacts of different foodware and food packaging options. (Zurich, Switzerland - March 26, 2025) The first fully ...

Everyday items arrive at our doors wrapped in layers of packaging—some protective, some promotional, and much of it disposable. Yet behind this often-overlooked layer lies a fast-evolving field that ...

Pile of plastic bottles, bags and packages in a landfill. Over the course of only a few generations, Americans’ relationship with things—and the packaging that comes with those things—has radically ...

Packaging comprises nearly one-third of all household waste in the U.S. Finding ways to reduce waste through the development and use of sustainable packaging will be the focus of the newly established ...

Scientists have developed biodegradable food packaging material that kills microbes that contaminate foods. The waterproof packaging uses a type of corn protein called zein, plus starch and other ...

Food packaging from around the world contains at least 68 “forever chemicals” that can seep into what we eat, a new study finds. And 61 of them are not even supposed to be used in such products. This ...

Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Graham Packaging has announced the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), a London-based global body made up of leading climate organizations, has approved its 2030 ...

The Rounds examined historical data from the Environmental Protection Agency to see what happens to packaging after it's thrown away and how that's changed over time. - Canva The Rounds examined ...