Reusable Packaging Association Announces the 2023 Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award Winners Award Ceremony to…
Hillary FemalAugust 24, 2023
The Inner Loop™
Exploring the impact of reusable packaging on our planet - and our lives.
Reusable Packaging Association Publishes Updated Technology White Paper “A Smarter, Technology-Driven Supply Chain with Reusable…
Hillary FemalJuly 20, 2023
Calling All “Reuse Leaders” to Join the Association for Reusable Packaging June 28, 2023 –…
RPAJune 28, 2023
Companies evaluating tracking technologies for their reusable packaging are often overwhelmed by the variety of…
Hillary FemalMarch 20, 2023
The corrugated packaging industry is working to counteract global macro forces creating headwinds against the…
RPAMarch 1, 2023
Reusable transport packaging (RTP) is defined as a multi-trip packaging medium that can transport products…
Hillary FemalJanuary 12, 2023
The reuse rush is underway in the circles of the circular economy. The GreenBiz-hosted Circularity…
RPAJune 1, 2022
Employee engagement has taken a dip over the last year (see Fig. 1), declining in…
Hillary FemalApril 26, 2022
Two major government actions to boost the U.S. recycling system occurred in November 2021. Improvement,…
RPADecember 30, 2021
Single-use packaging is subject to volatile raw material sourcing, commodity markets, and manufacturing capacities. Reusable…
RPANovember 1, 2021
The Reusable Packaging Pavilion at PACK EXPO Las Vegas takes place September 27-29 in Las…
Hillary FemalAugust 17, 2021
Mention the word dunnage to people outside of the packaging and logistics industries and you’re…
Hillary FemalJune 23, 2021
As conversations grow around introducing more reusable packaging models for consumer products, particularly for food…
Hillary FemalMay 26, 2021
The synergy between automation and reusables is well established. For example, in manufacturing plants, reusable…
Hillary FemalApril 6, 2021
In 2012, the Reusable Packaging Association launched the very first Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award.…
Hillary FemalMarch 7, 2021
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation for packaging in the United States is gaining momentum as…
RPAMarch 1, 2021
Covid-19 has brought supply chains to a tipping point in digitization. As full circle distribution…
Hillary FemalFebruary 5, 2021
With 8 million tons of plastic waste entering oceans each year leading to dire predictions…
Hillary FemalJanuary 11, 2021
Change is rooted in a typical New Year’s Resolution. We seek to turn a negative…
RPADecember 31, 2020
Smart reusable packaging solutions are immediately available to illuminate and optimize resilient supply chains and…
Hillary FemalDecember 9, 2020
Reusable transport packaging is ideally suited to addressing pharmaceutical and healthcare industry challenges including IoT,…
Hillary FemalNovember 12, 2020
If you take a tour of a modern postal sorting facility, they are impossible to…
Hillary FemalOctober 6, 2020
The reuse of products in a system of continuous purpose is intrinsically resilient. Designed and…
RPAOctober 1, 2020
Reusable packaging has long been integral to the food and beverage sector - and will…
Hillary FemalSeptember 8, 2020
Automotive manufacturing is widely recognized as one of the earliest applications of reusable packaging. The…
Hillary FemalJuly 27, 2020
The June 17 hearing by the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on…
RPAJuly 14, 2020
The world’s thirst for resources seems unquenchable. According to Earth Overshoot Day, it would take 1.75…
Hillary FemalJune 11, 2020
When it comes to what institutional investors think about climate change and how it impacts…
Hillary FemalJune 8, 2020
In November 2019 bill H.R. 5115 – the Realizing the Economic Opportunities and Values of…
RPAMay 1, 2020
To say the Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted consumer behavior would be an understatement. Everything about…
Hillary FemalApril 11, 2020
Among the many changes by both public and private sectors aimed at curbing the spread…
RPAMarch 25, 2020
On April 22 we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This day in 1970 thrust environmental…
Hillary FemalMarch 8, 2020
A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that most Americans reported having changed at…
Hillary FemalFebruary 9, 2020
The term “sustainability” is often associated with environmental protection, historically rooted in the concept that…
RPAFebruary 2, 2020
Whether responding in the aftermath of extreme weather or other emergencies, well-run supply chains have…
Hillary FemalJanuary 8, 2020
The next ten years holds great promise to be the decade for reusable packaging. The…
RPADecember 18, 2019
It would be an understatement to say that plastic pollution has become top of mind.…
Hillary FemalDecember 5, 2019
It goes without saying: the bigger the Super Bowl party you have in mind, the…
Hillary FemalNovember 11, 2019
The hierarchy of waste management had never changed, but our throwaway society neglected the order…
RPANovember 4, 2019
Reusable packaging is a hot topic in the C-suite these days, with brand heavyweights like…
Hillary FemalOctober 6, 2019
One of the many advantages of reusable transport packaging is its design and build for…
RPAAugust 30, 2019
From food service to pharma, companies in every industry have to adapt to changing consumer…
Hillary FemalAugust 7, 2019
With systems design for a circular economy, packaging can be recovered for reuse and designed…
RPAAugust 2, 2019
According to a newly-published report by Market Insights, the “green” or sustainable packaging market is currently…
Hillary FemalJune 11, 2019
Everywhere you turn, corporations, cities, and even whole countries are joining the war against the…
Hillary FemalMay 25, 2019
On the Circular Economy Bandwagon, Prioritize Closing the Loop with Products (Reuse) Over Materials (Recycling)…
RPAMay 1, 2019
The Corrugated Packaging Alliance recently asked the question, “Why put good for you produce in…
RPANovember 2, 2018
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