Michele Raymond

editor and publisher
At Foresite House (right) are Graham Margetson (left), and Lance Allison.
Centralizing package data for compliance
Given today’s budget constraints, centralizing packaging data to ensure compliance with the world’s patchwork of packaging fees may seem foreign.
Aug 31st, 2003
Centralizing package data for compliance (sidebar)
British retailers save, too
Aug 31st, 2003
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Plastics recycling is sagging
California battle looms over plastics recycling (sidebar)
Oct 31st, 1999
California battle looms over plastics recycling
Plastics recycling and recycled content of containers initiate new legislative conflicts in California. Industry and environmentalists appear polarized, as legislators look for common ground.
Oct 31st, 1999
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The European Union?s Ecolabel symbol (top) can be used on packages that meet its standards. The Green Dot (far left) has been us
In Europe, packaging take-backs are hot
Environmental 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.
Oct 31st, 1996
The recycling story by staff writer John Tierney consumed the cover and more than 10 pages in The New York Times Magazine, for S
Gut check on recycling
Since 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.
Aug 31st, 1996
Packagers gain price cuts for recycled materials
Buyers of recycled plastics are seeing easing of prices, except for HDPE. Recycled paper prices have precipitously dropped as European economies stagnate.
Aug 31st, 1996
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Roller coaster ride for recycled plastics, paper markets
As 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.
Aug 31st, 1995