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Sustainable Packaging

Cheers to UK brewer upon environmental award win

Adnams, a mid-sized brewer in England, won the top prize in the carbon Trust Innovation Awards this year.

May 31, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

In United States, FDA issues final report on 2006 spinach E.coli outbreak

The final report was issued by the FDA regarding the E.coli contaminated spinach outbreak last fall. While the investigation originally focused on a California processing and packaging plant, the final report traced the E.coli back to one of the fields where the spinach was grown.

May 31, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

In UK, convenience food and beverage industry to see huge growth

The convenience food and beverage sector will grow 214% by the year 2010 in the United Kingdom, according to one source.

May 31, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Also in France, bag-in-box wine making inroads

The traditionally conservative French wine market is beginning to accept bag-in-box wine packaging.

May 31, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Excessive packaging tops list of dislikes of Welsh supermarket shoppers

Although 90% of Welsh shoppers buy their groceries at supermarkets, only 7% of them really want to.

May 31, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Wal-Mart scorecard going global: May 2007 update

More details were provided May 15 on the retailer's sustainable scorecard at the Packaging Summit.

May 17, 2007

Flexibles

Responsible Sourcing and Usage of Paperboard-Based Materials

Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a three-part series from MeadWestvaco that looks at the entire lifecycle of paperboard-based packaging systems. The series begins with the issues of sourcing.

May 10, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Hewlett-Packard, ranked 11th on the 2006 Fortune 500 list of largest American corporations, practices sustainability on a global scale. If you ask Jill Wollam, a packaging engineer and new product planner for HP’s LaserJet supplies, for insights on how a packaging organization can make sustainability actionable, you receive recommendations that any packager — on the Fortune 500 list or not — can immediately apply.

May 10, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

How to grow and innovate

The annual Executive Leadership Conference held by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute is known for, among other things, its ability to attract some pretty terrific business session speakers.

April 24, 2007

Sustainability

New Plastics Data in the U.S. LCI Database

Within a matter of days, important new data sets will be available in the U.S. LCI (Life Cycle Inventory) Database. The data will include all steps from “cradle to resin” for nine common plastic resins (HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PP, HIPS, GPPS, PVC, ABS, PET) and two polyurethane polyols. These materials are commonly used in packaging systems as well as in durable products (for example, building products such as insulation).

April 17, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

April Sustainability News Digest

Important news items on Sustainability, April, 2007.

April 17, 2007

Flexibles

A Global Perspective on Sustainable Packaging from Kraft Foods

The recently redesigned PET-based bottles for Kraft’s Crystal Light and Fruit2O brands are 18 percent lighter than the bottles they are replacing. Following the completion of the phased introduction of the new bottles in the U.S., Kraft will reduce its PET usage by 8.7 million pounds per year.

April 17, 2007