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OFF THE SHELF: Kellogg's bundles cartons in film

A recent stroll down the aisles of a Costco store brought Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan face to face with a three-pack of cereal cartons unitized in lightweight film rather than paperboard.

Anne Marie Mohan

Feb 8, 2010

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Four Takeaways from This Year’s Brand Owner Bootcamp

Packaging leaders from major brands and retailers gathered in Chicago to discuss shared challenges in designing recyclable, recycled-content packaging.

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Oregon's Packaging EPR Law Faces First Constitutional Trial Challenge

Charlotte Ashcraft, senior manager of packaging and graphics development, Just Born Quality Confections

How Just Born Turned Packaging Data into an EPR Strategy

At PRS26 (from l. to r.) Juliet Mathey of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, Jim Marcinko of WM, Christina Seibert of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County, and Walter Willis of the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County discuss how recycling education, MRF operations, package design, and end markets all affect recycling outcomes.

From Package Design to End Markets, Recycling Requires Alignment

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