Ben Miyares

Contributing Editor, Packaging World

Ben Miyares, Packaging Sherpa, President, The Packaging Management Institute, Inc.

Amped-up Paper, Other Materials Make Inroads on Rigid Plastics

It’s too soon to say if all the anti-virgin plastic rhetoric from environmental critics will have a lasting impact on the packaging materials mix.

Packaging Plays Unsung but Pivotal Role in Vaccine Development

March 2020: Just as PACK EXPO East was starting, I got a phone call from my wife: “I’m sick. Come home.”

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Bacardí Scales Biodegradable Bottle

Bacardí Ltd.’s approach to reducing marine plastic pollution is somewhat counter-intuitive.

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Opinion: COVID-19 Swings “Reusable” from Good to Bad

More from Ben Miyares

2020 Perspectives on 2030 Packaging

Should these packaging visions come to pass, packagers and their packaging technology vender/partners will continue to find efficient, sustainable ways to identify, protect, and distribute products to their consumer and industrial customers.

Rising Tides of Waste Spark Quests to Divert, Repurpose It

When the global public discourse turns to packaging these days, the focus increasingly is on its afterlife as a component of marine waste.

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Note to Management: Cybersecurity Is Your Responsibility

Living as we do in an increasingly digitalized world, new security challenges are materializing at an alarming pace, and few are as perplexing and troublesome as cybersecurity.