Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability news & events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

August 31, 2008

Consumer packaged goods: Page 82

Flexible packaging

Possible PVC packaging ban is latest California trend

A general observation: bans on packaging materials or articles are virtually always misguided, simply because it is just about never true that a specific packaging material or structure is all bad, or so bad that the bad outweighs the good.

August 31, 2008

Sustainability

'Green' strategy makes economic (dollars and) cents

An interview with Carmen Corrado, vice president of pharmaceutical manufacturing for Roche, Nutley, NJ.

August 31, 2008

Petfood/Pet Care

Impact of aging consumers on packaging

While the aging U.S. consumer base is making its presence felt in virtually every product category, the impact is especially strong in packaging, which of course serves as the first point of contact between the product and the consumer.

August 31, 2008

Beverage

Whisky packaging's got marketing game

The Scotland-based Edington Group has introduced bottled Black Grouse Scotch Whisky in handsome, board-to-board laminated over-cartons converted by Chesapeake Corp. (www.chesapeakecorp.com) and incorporating bright white Incada paperboard from Iggesund (www.iggesund.com).

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Kraft and TerraCycle partner on packaging reuse

World's first sponsored waste programs reuse cookie, bar wrappers.

August 31, 2008

Closures

Avoid these project pitfalls

Although a list of things that can undercut a packaging project are legion, here are some key ones.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

Single-use caulk packs debut

GE Caulk Singles replace squeeze tubes and caulk guns for convenient, on-the-go application.

August 31, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

A key driver in sales at retail

Where would retailing be today without vibrant packaging?

August 5, 2008

Dairy

INDUSTRY WATCH

August 5, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Nano-dispersed biopolymer replaces wax coatings

TopChim releases TopScreen DS13, an environmentally friendly nano-dispersed biopolymer to substitute wax emulsions in super-hydrophobic paper and cardboard packaging.

August 5, 2008

Consumer packaged goods

PTFE-coated foil tape

DeWAL Industries now offers D/W 351, a PTFE-coated foil that combines a thin layer of PTFE with 0.005” thick aluminum foil.

August 5, 2008

Consumer packaged goods

Tree-free, low-carbon- footprint papers

Natural Source Printing introduces FiberStone Papers, a line of tree-free, low-carbon-footprint papers.

August 5, 2008