Sustainable packaging |
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Everyday that a company continues to manually wrap its products with stretch film it misses an opportunity to significantly reduce its costs and its carbon footprint.
White paper explains the cost and sustainability savings of a generic case printing program compared to pre-printed cases.
Read case study detailing how new environmentally friendly beverage pouching machine uses custom-made Rexroth pneumatic valves.
Data sheets from Automated Packaging Systems provide details of the EarthAware lines of biodegradable and recycled flexible packaging — poly-film bags.
Acclaimed new book breaks through the clutter to offer practical strategies, tactics and resources to jump start your sustainable packaging program. Included are case histories and interviews with leading corporations that have adopted environmental stewardship programs.
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.
Professionals and students will benefit from an informative research tool now available for the healthcare packaging community.
New inflatable void-fill packaging system solves packaging problems
for popular home-item distributor.
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.
Two years' worth of research yields shoppers' attitudes toward green packaging.
Lightweighting drove Beau Delicious! Intl. to change from glass jars to sleeved APET containers.
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
“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.
Now is not the time to innovate. Innovation involves risk, and doing anything even remotely risky is unwise in times of economic uncertainty.
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.
By modifying used packaging machinery and combining production runs,
American FlexPack cost-effectively produces single-use packs for its customers.
Certification from Use Less Stuff recognizes products and packages that have reduced materials or energy by at least 20%.
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