Packaging will play a pivotal role in reducing global food and product waste, and online brands will reinvigorate their packaging in order to enhance the e-commerce experience, according to Mintel’s packaging trends for 2018. Looking ahead, Benjamin Punchard, global packaging insights director at Mintel, discusses the major trends set to influence the packaging sector worldwide in 2018, including implications for consumers, brands, and manufacturers. PACKAGED PLANET The throwaway culture of today will evolve into one that understands and embraces the…