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Sustainable Packaging

Thermal shipper protects H1N1 vaccines for Chicago

To prepare for a possible H1N1 pandemic, the Chicago Dept. of Public Health employed 100 insulated shippers to maintain refrigerated vials used to deliver 100,000 doses of the vaccine.

April 1, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Sound off!

April 1, 2010

Sustainability

The role of LCI

A recent study conducted at Cal Poly State University, through its Packaging Research Consortium, involved a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) based analysis and comparison of three one-gallon HDPE bottles currently available in United States.

April 1, 2010

Sustainability

Solid gains in bottle-to-bottle recycling

Closed-loop, bottle-to-bottle recycling is taking a big leap forward in a Canadian town called Shelburne, some 60 miles north of Toronto.

April 1, 2010

Sustainability

New dry lubrication technology for conveyors reduces water consumption, improves line efficiency

White paper from Hartness explains financial and environmental benefits of non-aqueous dry-lubrication technology vs. soap-and-water lubrication. Personal care packaging lines especially can increase line efficiency and prolong conveyor life.

March 31, 2010

Sustainability

A Primer: Packaging and phytosanitation

Companies involved in international shipments need to know about phytosanitation, in general, and ISPM-15, in particular.

March 31, 2010

Flexibles

Convenience foods to drive frozen food packaging

Demand for frozen food packaging is projected to climb 3.7% per year to $6.8 billion by 2013.

March 31, 2010

Flexible packaging

The ties that more than bind

Specialty, multi-functional adhesives are a concept for the times.

March 24, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Maine to set precedent with extended producer responsibility law

Law will shift responsibility for hard-to-recycle products and packaging to “producers, consumers, and others who benefit from products sold and used.”

March 24, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Is mineral oil from recycled paper a threat to food safety?

As German risk assessors find cause for concern where substance migration from recycled paper is involved in food packaging, ink users are advised to look for alternatives.

March 23, 2010

Protective/transport packaging

New Freedonia study predicts high demand for protective packaging

Economic recovery, increase in manufacturing and growing internet sales fuel turnaround.

March 18, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Misuse of resin code a 'significant problem' for reclaimers, say associations

Plastic recycling and PET industry associations call on brand owners to use accurate Resin Identification Codes to avoid serious consequences for recycling industry.

March 17, 2010