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Plastic Packaging Must-Reads of 2024Plastic Packaging Must-Reads of 2024

These ten newsy developments drew the most reader interest this year.

Rick Lingle

December 17, 2024

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So much news, yet so little time. Ever experience FOMO, the “fear of missing out”, on new packaging developments?

Fear not! We’ve compiled this list of the top-read plastic packaging articles of the year so you can read — or reread — those that drew the most attention in 2024 among the several hundred published at PlasticsToday.

If it’s important to your industry peers, then it’s likely something you should know.

Among the top 10 you’ll find a blockbuster deal, debunked claims, a shining polymer star from NPE2024, a feted plastic cup, and more unmissable developments in plastics packaging.

We list them in reverse order beginning with a recycling-optimized development that may be hard to top so to speak.  

About the Author

Rick Lingle

Rick Lingle, now a freelancer, was Senior Technical Editor for PlasticsToday, and previously for Packaging Digest, until his retirement in December 2024. Lingle has been a packaging media journalist since 1985, specializing in food, beverage, and plastic markets. He earned a chemistry degree from Clarke College and worked in food industry R&D for Standard Brands/Nabisco and the R.T. French Co. He can be reached at [email protected].

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