Packaging Dive

1 week ago | packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. General Mills’ progress on making its entire packaging portfolio recyclable or reusable stagnated in fiscal year 2024 at 93%, the same rate reported a year prior. The food company reiterated its commitment to achieving 100% by 2030, a target it’s had since early 2019, in its 2025 global responsibility report released this month. But next steps can be tricky, especially when considering greenhouse gas emissions impacts.

1 week ago | packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Some companies obligated under Oregon’s extended producer responsibility for packaging law have a little more time to file data that could influence the state’s fee-setting. Circular Action Alliance, the producer responsibility organization operating in Oregon, is now offering a “grace period” for non-reporting producers to submit their supply reports until April 30, following the March 31 reporting deadline.

2 weeks ago | packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The first quarter of 2025 brought more than 30 M&A deals that Packaging Dive followed, involving companies that are either based, or have a notable presence, in the United States and Canada. Here’s a look at some of the notable developments from early this year. Find a complete list in this ongoing M&A tracker. Major packaging manufacturers made progress on previously announced multibillion-dollar transactions.

2 weeks ago | packagingdive.com | Maria Rachal

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery announced on Friday that expanded polystyrene producers are prohibited from selling, offering for sale, distributing or importing EPS food service ware in the state. This follows a Jan. 1 requirement, originating from SB 54, that such producers demonstrate that all covered EPS material met a 25% recycling rate.

2 weeks ago | packagingdive.com | Hollie Stephens

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Postconsumer recycled content that can be used in new food and beverage packaging still faces obstacles to widespread use. Companies like Nova Chemicals and Atlantic Packaging are trying to leverage B2B closed loops to increase supply. Some states have also passed laws mandating minimum levels of recycled content in certain types of packaging.