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Packaura
/ October 6, 2026
Here’s this week’s Packaura roundup — 11 items across Packaging Industry, Materials & Recycling. Every story links to its original source. The TLDR Packaging Industry Ravenwood replaces non-recyclable flow wrap with linerless fruit lid for Coop Ravenwood Packaging has helped fresh produce business Minor, Weir
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Packaura
/ October 6, 2026
A box or label is no longer just a container — it’s a doorway. A phone camera or a single tap can now pull up a how-to video, a loyalty signup, an authenticity check, or recycling instructions without the customer typing a single character. QR
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Packaura
/ October 5, 2026
A packaging specification sheet — often shortened to “pack-spec” or just “spec sheet” — is the document that turns your idea into something a factory can cut, fold, print, glue, and ship correctly on the first run. Most of the back-and-forth, missed deadlines, and wrong-color
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Packaura
/ October 5, 2026
Send three packaging suppliers the same vague request and you’ll get back three quotes that can’t be compared — different units, different assumptions, different definitions of “ready to ship.” That’s not the suppliers’ fault; it’s a sign the request for quotation (RFQ) didn’t give them
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Packaura
/ October 5, 2026
If you sell packaged goods into New York and you’ve been bracing for a new extended producer responsibility (EPR) law, you can exhale for now — but not for long. The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act passed the state Senate in 2024 and again
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Packaura
/ October 5, 2026
If you sell products in paperboard boxes, corrugated shippers, or paper bags, sooner or later a retailer, customer, or your own sustainability team will ask whether your packaging is FSC or PEFC certified. The two schemes look similar on a box, but they are set
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Packaura
/ October 4, 2026
If you ship or package products in thin plastic bags, you’ve probably seen the familiar warning: “Keep this bag away from babies and children.” What’s less obvious is that this isn’t just a courtesy line — in several states it’s a legal requirement with specific
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Packaura
/ October 4, 2026
Packaging industry news this week centered on a compliance date that arrived while its enforcement is still blocked. California’s SB 343 recycling-label date landed on October 4 under a federal injunction. Elsewhere, a bipartisan Senate bill would ban PFAS in food packaging, new research made
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Packaura
/ October 3, 2026
Stand-up pouches are everywhere in food, pet care, beauty, and household goods because they’re light, shelf-stable, and cheap to ship. The problem is that most traditional pouches are laminates of several different plastics (plus foil or metallization), which makes them effectively unrecyclable in curbside or
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Packaura
/ October 3, 2026
If you’re choosing between pressure-sensitive labels and shrink sleeves for a new product or packaging refresh, the decision usually comes down to three things: how much of the container you need to cover, what shape that container is, and what equipment you’re running (or willing
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Packaura
/ October 2, 2026
Choosing packaging for a supplement line is never just a design decision. The container has to protect the product, survive shipping, meet FDA and CPSC rules, and still look right on a shelf or in an unboxing video. Brands that treat packaging as an afterthought
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Packaura
/ September 29, 2026
If your product breaks down in sunlight or bright store lighting, the container itself is part of the formulation. Essential oils, tinctures, serums, supplements, and specialty foods can lose potency, change color, or develop off-flavors when UV and visible light trigger oxidation and photodegradation inside
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Packaura
/ September 29, 2026
Here’s this week’s Packaura roundup — 9 items across Packaging Industry, Materials & Recycling. Every story links to its original source. The TLDR Packaging Industry London Packaging Week | Easyfairs records 16% growth in 2026 Easyfairs has announced a record 6,688 unique visitors attended London
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Packaura
/ September 29, 2026
Small jewelry pieces are easy to lose, tangle, or scratch in transit, which makes packaging one of the highest-leverage design decisions a jewelry brand makes. A well-built box and insert combination does double duty: it protects delicate rings, earrings, and chains, and it shapes the
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Packaura
/ September 28, 2026
If you buy packaging from outside suppliers — corrugate, labels, flexible film, closures, contract co-packing — you already know performance varies wildly from one purchase order to the next. One vendor ships early and clean, another runs late and sends you a pallet of mislabeled
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Packaura
/ September 27, 2026
Packaging is where most new candle brands either build trust or lose it — a jar that arrives chipped, a box that crushes in transit, or a label that lifts after normal handling all undercut a product that might otherwise be great. Sourcing the right
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Packaura
/ September 27, 2026
Packaging industry news this week centered on EPR fights on both coasts, a new wave of North American plant investments, and several big brands moving from plastic to paper and lighter glass. California’s governor vetoed changes to the state’s $5 billion plastic pollution fund, wholesalers
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Packaura
/ September 26, 2026
California’s SB 54 (the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act) measures producers’ source-reduction progress against a 2023 baseline: how much plastic covered material was sold, offered for sale, or distributed into California during calendar year 2023. Under 14 CCR § 18980.9, that baseline
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Packaura
/ September 26, 2026
Fresh produce is alive. It keeps respiring, releasing moisture and heat after harvest, and the package you pick either helps manage that or fights against it. Clamshells, mesh bags and breathable film are the three dominant retail formats, and each one suits a different kind
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Packaura
/ September 25, 2026
The bottle is more than a container for a supplement. It is part of the product’s shelf-life system. The wrong material can let moisture into capsules, expose light-sensitive ingredients, or clash with your brand positioning. The right one protects the formula and fits your budget
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