Packaura
/ September 1, 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 BRC calls for reform as PRN charges ‘double in one year’ The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is warning that retailers
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Packaura
/ August 25, 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 ExxonMobil Signature Polymers launches mono-material frozen food packaging ExxonMobil Signature Polymers has worked with LD PACK to develop a frozen
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Packaura
/ August 18, 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 Chester Medical acquires supplements manufacturer Chester Medical has announced the acquisition of vitamin and health food manufacturer Power Health Products.
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Packaura
/ August 11, 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 Sustainability & Impact Summit | Recycling debate considers ‘acceptable public burden’ for circular progress by Neil Merrett An expert panel
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Packaura
/ July 5, 2026
This week’s packaging industry news spans coast-to-coast regulatory deadlines, the steepest paperboard price cycle in years, and a new wave of biobased material breakthroughs. New rules in Virginia, California, Connecticut, and Washington all snapped into effect on July 1, while the EU’s sweeping PPWR looms
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Packaura
/ June 28, 2026
Packaging industry news moved fast this week, with a wave of U.S. facility expansions, breakthrough post-consumer recycled film content, landmark federal legislation, and a pair of imminent regulatory deadlines forcing brands to act before summer ends. Here is your complete packaging industry news roundup for
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Packaura
/ June 21, 2026
Packaging industry news this week is headlined by International Paper’s $360 million acquisition of North Pacific Paper Company (Norpac), a second wave of containerboard price hikes now biting buyers across the board, several state packaging laws entering enforcement, and Canovation and CANPACK formalizing their resealable
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Packaura
/ June 14, 2026
Packaging industry news this week hit hard across M&A, materials, and regulation — from New York’s EPR bill stalling for a third consecutive year and Berlin Packaging’s O.Berk acquisition reshaping the distribution landscape, to a resealable aluminum can system advancing toward pilot scale and twin
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Packaura
/ June 7, 2026
Weekly packaging news this week centers on stalled EPR legislation, fresh pressure on flexible film recycling, packaging plant closures, and new material shifts in aluminum, paper, and reuse systems. Materials & Sustainability Paper and paperboard production declined in 2025 AF&PA data showed paper and paperboard
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Packaura
/ May 31, 2026
Packaging news hit a pivotal stretch in the final week of May 2026, with a fatal mill explosion threatening premium paperboard supply, Maine’s PFAS ban taking effect, and producers nationwide scrambling to meet the biggest packaging news EPR reporting deadline in U.S. history. Here is
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Packaura
/ May 17, 2026
Packaging news May 2026 is in final-stretch mode this week with the May 31 EPR Annual Supply Report deadline now two weeks out. Final guidance from Circular Action Alliance pushed converters and CPGs into a sprint, the EU advanced new PFAS food-contact rules, and California
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Packaura
/ May 10, 2026
Packaging news May 2026 is squarely focused on the May 31 EPR Annual Supply Report deadline, now three weeks out. This week brought a wave of last-minute compliance guidance from Circular Action Alliance, fresh PFAS enforcement signals from the EU, and updated fee modeling from
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Packaura
/ May 4, 2026
Packaging news May 2026 is dominated by one date: May 31, when producers in California, Colorado, and Oregon must file their Annual Supply Reports with Circular Action Alliance. With the EPR clock ticking, this week brought a flood of guidance, fee modeling, and material-choice debate.
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Packaura
/ April 27, 2026
Packaging news April 2026 is shaping up as one of the most consequential weeks of the year for compliance teams, M&A watchers, and sustainability leads. From a Virginia Tech bioplastic breakthrough that finally makes compostable films industrial-speed-friendly, to three U.S. states converging on a May
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Packaura
/ April 20, 2026
Packaging news April 2026 is defined by hard deadlines and consolidation: CD&R closed its $10.3B take-private of Sealed Air on April 9, ProAmpac finalized its TC Transcontinental flexible packaging pickup, an EPR reporting deadline looms on May 31, and the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste
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Packaura
/ April 12, 2026
Packaging industry news April 2026 is headlined this week by ProAmpac completing its $1.5B acquisition of TC Transcontinental, the EU PPWR guidance update, and new bio-based polymer innovations hitting the market. Here’s what every packaging professional needs to know. Sustainable Packaging & Materials Bio-Based Polymer
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