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While recycled packaging won’t work for every customer in every industry, Pipeline Packaging’s team of Good People at the Core is consistently on the lookout for new opportunities and technologies. With growing progress in molecular recycling, environmentally friendly packaging can be a cost-effective and efficient strategy to help decrease a company’s carbon footprint.

Packaging has transformed from natural sources like gourds, amber, and ceramic pottery to more modern materials like steel, glass, tin, and plastic. With every evolution, innovative packaging solutions have optimized security, safety, and versatility across many industries. The last decade saw unprecedented progress — from containers manufactured with seaweed and other biomaterials to 3D printing that can create prototypes within 48 hours. The Pipeline Packaging team took a deeper look at the five most innovative packaging solutions in the last decade.

High-density polyethylene, or HDPE, is a thermoplastic polymer well known for its resistance to UV interference, extreme temperatures, impact, and harsh chemicals. HDPE tight-head pails deliver a unique degree of versatility for chemical, food and beverage, flavoring, liquor, automotive, construction, oil and lubricants, and many other products. Recent shifts in regulatory agency standards and a sharp increase in the number of suppliers have also brought these steel pail alternatives to the forefront of many customers’ minds. Pipeline Packaging’s team of experts explored the benefits of one of the packaging industry’s latest trends.

If you’re looking to store materials at high volumes, Pipeline Packaging has you covered. We offer a wide array of new, reconditioned, and remanufactured IBC totes for industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, waste management, or food and beverage needs. With connections to more than 400 global suppliers, we’re also a leading provider of Cubitainers®, a lightweight sustainable alternative. Our packaging experts weighed in on the benefits and inventory management strategy behind these industrial bulk containers.

Sourcing your packaging options can be a burdensome process. As you investigate different packaging suppliers, it’s easy to get lost in the jumble of details and offerings. Nonetheless, you still need to secure your regular shipment of inventory or face an unintended pause in production. Pipeline Packaging understands the nuance and difficulties that come with finding the latest and greatest packaging solutions. To make it easier, our experts have narrowed down the top five questions to ask your prospective packaging supplier.