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Sustainable Packaging

Q&A: Supporting sustainable packaging

John Delfausse is the vice president of package development at Aveda, a division of New York, NY-based Estée Lauder. The cosmetics maker is committed to supporting sustainable packaging (see story, p. 81). Here, Delfausse addresses additional issues related to packaging and the environment.

February 29, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Salmon report may spark labeling

A study published in the Journal of Science in January and funded by the Pew Charitable Trust said farm-raised salmon contain higher levels of carcinogens than those caught in the wild.

February 29, 2004

Sustainability

Packagers emphasize environment and economics

Packaging professionals from Estée Lauder/Aveda, Hewlett-Packard, and Bacardi Bottling describe how their companies view packaging that is environmentally sustainable.

February 29, 2004

Flexible packaging

Flexible winners strike gold

Winners of the Flexible Packaging Assn.’s 2004 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards demonstrate the impact of technology on the form and function of flexible packaging.

February 29, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Ontario packaging fees to be discussed

A second morning session, Monday, March 1, at the Take It Back conference will cover new developments in packaging fees levied in Ontario, Canada.

January 31, 2004

Sustainability

Driving the use of renewable resources

Aveda's John Delfausse offers advice for those involved in advancing the use of renewable resources in their companies’ packaging operations.

January 31, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Ongoing 'garage sales' for materials

Do you know someone who can use 23ꯠ high-density polyethylene trays? That was the question posed to me recently by John Majercak, 413/586-7350, of the Massachusetts Materials Exchange.

December 31, 2003

Flexibles

Food container sales increase projected

According to Freedonia’s study Food Containers: Rigid & Flexible, food container demand in the United States is projected to increase nearly 3% annually to $18.7 billion in 2007.

December 31, 2003

Sustainability

Sustainable packaging coalition forms

In November, a group of two dozen packaging professionals from companies such as Coca-Cola, Estée Lauder/Aveda, Masterfoods, Nike, PepsiCo, Starbucks, and Unilever agreed to form the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.

December 31, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

Pipeline: Same plan, different cultures?

I always enjoy reading reports from the Australian Institute of Packaging meetings, prepared by Michael Halley. Among other topics, these reports help me keep up to date on the kinds of packaging issues faced there.

December 31, 2003

Flexible packaging

X-ray technology

Smiths Heimann offers the Eagle Bantam, designed to provide an inexpensive solution to inspection. Features include the machine's 53" length, environmental design to support both IP64 and IP65 requirements, inspection speeds to 400'/min, statistics and reporting capability, and contaminant detection as well as check weighing, count, mission pouch, and void detection.

November 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Companies

Pactiv (Lake Forest, IL) will purchase the plastic packaging assets of Rock-Tenn Co.

October 31, 2003