Packaura
/ October 18, 2026
If you sell, distribute, or manufacture food packaging in the U.S., “check your state’s PFAS law” isn’t optional anymore — more than a dozen states now restrict intentionally added PFAS in food packaging, and the list keeps growing every legislative session. This guide walks through
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Packaura
/ October 12, 2026
Minimalist packaging looks easy to pull off until you try it. Strip away too little and the box still feels busy; strip away too much and shoppers can’t tell what’s inside or why it costs what it does. The brands that get it right aren’t
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Packaura
/ October 11, 2026
Packaging industry news this week split three ways: fiber formats moved into commercial production, tariffs kept hitting Canadian mills and plants, and California’s packaging laws faced more pressure in court. In this roundup of packaging industry news, we cover Pulpex’s first paper bottle factory, a
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Packaura
/ October 11, 2026
Bamboo packaging keeps showing up everywhere — cosmetics counters, subscription boxes, electronics shelves, even hospital supply rooms — as brands hunt for a plastic alternative that still looks and feels premium. It biodegrades, it grows faster than almost any other packaging raw material, and it
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Packaura
/ October 10, 2026
When brands talk about sustainable packaging, cork rarely makes the shortlist next to recycled cardboard or mushroom-based foam. That’s a missed opportunity. Cork is one of the few packaging materials that’s renewable at the source, biodegradable at the end of its life, and genuinely good
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Packaura
/ October 7, 2026
If your corrugated box touches produce, meat, seafood, or baked goods, the coating on that board isn’t a cosmetic choice — it’s a compliance one. Moisture barriers need to meet FDA food-contact rules, and increasingly they also need to survive a recycling mill without gumming
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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
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
/ 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 24, 2026
Electronics packaging has a harder job than most: it has to survive drops, block static discharge, and still look premium on a shelf or in an unboxing video — all while a growing share of buyers and regulators expect it to be recyclable or plastic-free.
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Packaura
/ September 20, 2026
This week’s packaging industry news was dominated by London, as thousands of brand owners and converters descended on ExCeL for London Packaging Week while, back in the US, NAPCOR dropped a decarbonization roadmap for PET and Dow and Amcor announced a low-carbon materials partnership. Add
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Packaura
/ September 13, 2026
This week’s packaging industry news cycle was dominated by rising input costs, a federal push for uniform recyclability claims, and a wave of material innovation aimed at cutting waste out of the supply chain. From a fresh round of containerboard price hikes to a mill
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Packaura
/ September 8, 2026
Tea is one of the more demanding products to package well. It has to stay away from light, oxygen, moisture, and odors to keep its flavor, and it has to look worth picking up next to dozens of competing pouches and tins on a shelf
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Packaura
/ September 7, 2026
A coffee bag has one job before it ever reaches a customer’s cup: keep the beans as fresh as the day they were roasted. But it also has to do a second job at the same time — stop a browsing shopper or scrolling customer
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Packaura
/ September 6, 2026
Packaging industry news this week was dominated by a third wave of containerboard price hikes, a landmark federal court win for Oregon’s extended producer responsibility law, and the very first global World Packaging Day. Anyone tracking packaging industry news closely also saw compostable materials face
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Packaura
/ September 2, 2026
Slapping a leaf icon and the words “carbon neutral” on a box used to be enough to win over eco-conscious shoppers. Not anymore. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are now treating unverified carbon claims as deceptive advertising, and in the EU, offset-based product
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Packaura
/ August 29, 2026
If you’re choosing packaging for an ecommerce brand, the kraft-vs-poly debate isn’t as simple as “paper good, plastic bad.” Each material has a different environmental profile depending on how it’s made, how it’s disposed of, and what you’re actually shipping. This guide walks through how
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Packaura
/ August 23, 2026
“Compostable” is one of the most abused words on a package, and it’s also one of the most legally risky ones to get wrong. Several states now require third-party certification before you can even print the word on a box, and buyers are getting sharper
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Packaura
/ August 23, 2026
If you ship physical products, the void-fill material you choose affects three things at once: whether items arrive intact, how much you spend per box, and how your brand looks to a customer who just opened it. Paper cushioning and foam inserts sit at opposite
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Packaura
/ August 22, 2026
The closure on a folding carton is easy to treat as an afterthought, but it quietly decides three things: how much the box costs per unit, how well it protects what’s inside, and what impression a customer forms in the first three seconds of opening
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