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Petite pouch for ironing board cover/pad brings big savings

A simple solution has yielded big sustainability benefits for Household Essentials LLC, Hazelwood, MO, which now adds a Gold award from DuPont for Innovation and Sustainability to the Greener Package Award it was honored with in 2010.

Pw 1734 Household Essentials

A simple solution has yielded big sustainability benefits for Household Essentials LLC, Hazelwood, MO, which now adds a Gold award from DuPont for Innovation and Sustainability to the Greener Package Award it was honored with in 2010. Due to its proven sustainability attributes, this innovation has also been awarded Silver Level Cradle to Cradle® Certification from MBDC.

Several years ago, Household Essentials engaged its product and packaging supplier to eliminate all plastic—primarily polyvinyl chloride and oriented polypropylene—from the packaging of its ironing board cover and pad product. “The challenge was to come up with an innovative way to eliminate all plastic from our packaging and to economize shelf space for our retail customers, while also having an attractive package that helps sell the product to consumers,” shares company CEO James Glenn. “The new packaging had to achieve these goals while also maintaining the perceived value of the product.”

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