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July 2008
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TerraCycle repurposes packaging for OfficeMax

07/08

Content Type Image OfficeMax to offer TerraCycle’s first-ever ‘made from waste’ school and office products.

What is d2w?

07/08

Content Type Image Tiger Brands’ responsible decision to convert their bags to oxo-biodegradable paves a path for others to follow.

Measurable success on the sustainability front

07/08

Content Type Image To paraphrase poet Robert Frost, we’ve miles to go before we’re green. But look at the progress we’ve made in the few short years sustainability has been on the front burner.

Keeping an eye on energy usage can keep packaging companies sustainable

07/08

Content Type Image The packaging sector produces widely diverse types of end products, including aluminum cans, plastic bottles, corrugated board, polymer pouches, paperboard cartons, and more.

Laying down the (packaging) law

06/20/08

Content Type Image  The FDA looks to increase its global presence in an effort to safeguard food and beverages to better protect consumers. Packaging plays a role.

Six rules for maximizing impact at club stores

06/03/08

Content Type Image  A Sam's Club expert offers these tips to dress up your pallet displays.

Will the plastic pallet become the ace of clubs?

06/03/08

Content Type Image  Sam's Club, Costco, BJ’s and their ilk can spur the growth of the plastic pallet industry, while gaining benefits in the bargain.

Custom packaging lines energize vitamin maker

06/08

Content Type Image  Identical tablet lines add versatility, reduce labor costs, and increase production at Inverness Medical Nutritionals’ facility in Freehold, NJ.

The changing face of case - ready packaging

06/08

Content Type Image  A new study tracks case-ready packaging trends in the fresh meat case, but will a reversal in Wal-Mart’s meat-packaging strategy set these statistics on a new course?

Greener By Design conference gains support

05/20/08

Content Type Image  Packaging World and Shelf Impact! are sponsors of a new conference on sustainability, Greener by Design, produced by GreenBiz.com and Global Executive.

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Podcast: Scorecard advice from the top

Content Type Image  In this exclusive interview, the voice of Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard, Sam’s Club director of packaging Amy Zettlemoyer-Lazar, provides concrete advice and resources on designing for sustainability.

The branding of high-volume retailers

Content Type Image  What retailers like Wal-Mart are now trying to do is create the demand, rather than fulfill the demand, according to industry authority John Helferich.

Podcast: ‘Zenergized’ for Costco

Content Type Image  Bevology makes its Zenergize energy tablets fit for Costco club stores using colorfully sleeved PET canisters.

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