Flexible packaging

Wet wipe maker pioneers 'Eco-Choice' sustainability platform

Contract manufacturer/packager Guy & O’Neill, Inc. rolls out an ambitious plan that incorporates sustainability into wet wipe manufacturing, materials, and packaging.

March 2, 2008

Sustainability: Page 298

Sustainable Packaging

Innovation and sustainability-- two parts of a whole

Big buzz words in today’s packaging lexicon, “innovation” and “sustainability” are too often viewed as mutually incompatible. This is a mistake.

March 2, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable packaging at BIC: an extension of guidelines that have long been observed

Christian Keator is area manager-packaging engineering at BIC USA. He describes here how BIC is dealing with today’s new emphasis on sustainable packaging. As it turns out, sustainability has always been a corporate objective at BIC.

March 2, 2008

Flexibles

Sustainability news & events

March 2, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Mars takes holistic approach to sustainability

As director of sustainability for Mars North America, Kevin Rabinovitch works with all of the company’s units (food, snack, and pet care) in the U.S. He develops and executes sustainability strategies and initiatives aimed at improving triple bottom line results—environmental, social, and economic.

March 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Guide to Packaging Law, 2nd Edition

The second edition of Guide to Packaging Law, by Packaging World legal editor Eric Greenberg, is now available from the IoPP bookstore.

March 2, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Achieving sustainability - thinking on the outside of the box

“Sustainability”— a new name for an old concept — is the way in which a product, materials, packaging and palletization methods impact space utilization, storage, transportation and distribution costs through the lifecycle supply chain. Call it what you want, efficiency or sustainability; it’s always been a factor in manufacturing, as misused space and materials always create unnecessary costs. Find out more in this White Paper from FoxJet.

February 26, 2008

Sustainability

Unique reclosable package offers significant sustainability, cost savings, and marketing advantages

The Flexible Jug™ is a reclosable package from General Packaging with a cap and a carrying handle. The Flexible Jug™ offers significant sustainability, cost savings, and marketing advantages when compared to stand-up bags and plastic pails.

February 26, 2008

Flexibles

When the oil runs out: Take a second look at biodegradable cellulose packaging films

Must-read white paper for all users of petroleum-based plastic packaging weighs impact of staying the course vs. using newer technologies for biodegradable films. Compares/contrasts the newest crop of bio films from different suppliers.

February 3, 2008

Sustainability

Toying with bottle design

A playful bottle is engineered for educational, environmental, and humanitarian benefits.

February 1, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

A realistic view of sustainable packaging

This Podcast underscores why one size doesn't fit all when it comes to green packaging.

February 1, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Steps to sustainability begin with packaging optimization

Environmental, social, and economic concerns keep sustainability at the forefront of business operations.

January 11, 2008

Sustainability

Biodegradable void-fill

Ecologically designed packing peanuts from Starch Tech are 100% biodegradable and provide a sustainable alternative to cushioning products that end up in landfills.

January 11, 2008