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Sustainable packaging
Sustainable packaging programs are an important part of the packaging industry today. Sustainability not only impacts the environment but costs and energy use. Find the best sustainable packaging designs in Packaging World.  Read about the most innovative, environmentally friendly programs in the packaging industry.
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Articles

Sustainable packaging-many ways to skin this cat

06/23/09

Content Type Image Coca-Cola, Sara Lee, and ConAgra are putting a lot of thought into sustainable packaging initiatives. Consider these ideas as you ponder your own carbon footprint.

Bauer’s pharmaceutical handbook lends ‘Hall of Fame’ packaging perspective

06/09

Content Type Image  Professionals and students will benefit from an informative research tool now available for the healthcare packaging community.

Void-fill packaging system is the picture of success

06/09

Content Type Image   New inflatable void-fill packaging system solves packaging problems for popular home-item distributor.

Alcan Packaging launches Sustainability Moments campaign

06/05/09

Content Type Image  Alcan Packaging (www.alcanpackaging.com), a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan (www.riotintoalcan.com), launched its global Sustainability MomentsSM campaign to coincide with World Environment Day (June 5) celebrations.

Shoppers: Green packaging is a purchase tiebreaker

06/09

Content Type Image  Two years' worth of research yields shoppers' attitudes toward green packaging.

Cafe Yumm! Sauce rebrands through 'green' packaging

06/09

Content Type Image  Lightweighting drove Beau Delicious! Intl. to change from glass jars to sleeved APET containers.

Expert analysis

06/09

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Sound off

06/09

Content Type Image Frito-Lay’s SunChips snack chips have been launched in a new bag with an outer layer made from PLA. It is the first step toward the PepsiCo division’s plans to roll out a 100%-PLA bag for the snack in 2010. Will this help drive biopolymer’s popularity? Share your opinion: greenerpackage.com/node/913

Organic baby snacks come in redundant Method packs

06/09

Content Type Image  “Pure serendipity.” That’s how Shazi Visram, cofounder and CEO of HappyBaby, Brooklyn, NY, describes the events that led to her company’s use of rigid plastic containers from home care company Method for its Organic Puffs finger food for babies.

Inspired leadership and the power of innovation

06/09

Content Type Image Now is not the time to innovate. Innovation involves risk, and doing anything even remotely risky is unwise in times of economic uncertainty.

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Pad packing cuts costs, materials

Content Type Image  Cleanser manufacturer SerVaas Laboratories cleans up on costs and materials savings when it swaps its shipping cases for shrink-wrapped pad packs for retail and distribution.

Packaging philosophies guide AFP through stormy economic seas

Content Type Image  By modifying used packaging machinery and combining production runs, American FlexPack cost-effectively produces single-use packs for its customers.

New 'ULS' logo program rewards source reduction

Content Type Image  Certification from Use Less Stuff recognizes products and packages that have reduced materials or energy by at least 20%.

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