Michele RaymondFeeding/inserting/unscramblingCentralizing package data for complianceGiven today’s budget constraints, centralizing packaging data to ensure compliance with the world’s patchwork of packaging fees may seem foreign.August 31, 2003Sustainable PackagingCentralizing package data for compliance (sidebar)British retailers save, tooAugust 31, 2003HomePlastics recycling is saggingCalifornia battle looms over plastics recycling (sidebar)October 31, 1999SustainabilityCalifornia battle looms over plastics recyclingPlastics recycling and recycled content of containers initiate new legislative conflicts in California. Industry and environmentalists appear polarized, as legislators look for common ground.October 31, 1999Blisters/clamshells/skin packagingIn Europe, packaging take-backs are hotEnvironmental regulation of packaging has become a hot item outside the U.S. this year. More than 20 countries worldwide now have some form of "producer responsibility" law on the books or in the works.October 31, 1996Sustainable PackagingGut check on recyclingSince the appearance of a cover story in the magazine section of the New York Times, June 30, "Recycling Is Garbage," virtually all industry people have been doing some re-evaluating of the subject.August 31, 1996SustainabilityPackagers gain price cuts for recycled materialsBuyers of recycled plastics are seeing easing of prices, except for HDPE. Recycled paper prices have precipitously dropped as European economies stagnate.August 31, 1996SustainabilityRoller coaster ride for recycled plastics, paper marketsAs the buying habits of Procter & Gamble, Lever Brothers, Clorox and People's Republic of China go, so goes the U.S. market for recycled packaging materials. Recycling capacity and changes in feedstock play major roles, too.August 31, 1995Page 1 of 1Top StoriesLabelingShrink Sleeve Labeling Brings Savings and MoreInstalled originally to solve a problem with decorating costs on one bottle size, Tap Magic found its new in-house shrink sleever brings big advantages where two other sizes are concerned.Bio-basedBioplastics to Double by 2030; Packaging Leads the MarketFilling, Capping & ClosingCoke Bottler Cuts Co-Packing, Adds Aseptic Line for Fuze Tea, PoweradePackage DesignPatrón Tequila Introduces First New Bottle Design in Over Three DecadesSponsor ContentSemi-automatic Liquid Drum Filler Increases Operator Efficiency
