Sustainable Packaging

Green marketing pitfalls to avoid

Read these tips to learn those things you need to avoid when making green marketing claims, in order to comply with the FTC’s new ‘Green Guides.’

December 3, 2012

Business Drivers/Specialty: Page 405

Sustainable Packaging

U.S. demand for PCR plastic to reach 3.5 billion lb in 2016

While demand for PCR plastic is set to grow 6.5% in the U.S. in the next four years, the overall rate of recycling will remain low—less than 7% of the total plastic demand.

December 3, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Staples delivers custom box sizes with every order

Staples rolls out new technology that creates cartons sized to fit each individual order. When the program is fully implemented, Staples will produce up to 1 million custom cases/day.

November 28, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pack Expo 2012: Stretch sleeve labels require no heat

High-elasticity stretch sleeve labels from MRI are applied by machinery made by PDC International. These PE labels require no heat for shrinking.

November 24, 2012

Sustainability

Material-reduced Kellogg's club-store pack gets graphic punch

The StrataGraph division of Great Northern Corp. supplies Kellogg's with a laminated SBS solution for its club-store packs of Pastry Crips that offers enhanced package graphics, while reducing material use and providing superior structural strength.

November 21, 2012

Protective/transport packaging

Corner, edge protector results in sustainable, temporary rack display

PACK EXPO 2012: Great Northern Corp.'s Laminations division has employed its VBoard edge-protection product to create the preformed PalletTop display for applications requiring a sturdy, industrial solution. VBoard laminated paperboard is made from recycled, recyclable materials.

November 21, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Emballage 2012: Day one

Gorgeous 4-L kegs of Heineken sold at retail, a light-as-a-feather ISBM PET container for dispensing hand soap in institutional settings, and a new PET tray for chilled meat and fish that’s compelling from a sustainable packaging standpoint—all this and a whole lot more were on display at Emballage 2012 on day one.

November 20, 2012

Sustainability

Weis Markets to use 100% recyclable PET MAP trays for meat

Working with custom thermoformer, the grocery chain embarks on development of first closed-loop recyclable meat tray.

November 19, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Plastics recycling innovators recognized

The American Chemistry Council honors KW Plastics, Safeplay Systems, and Sony Electronics for developing innovative products using PCR plastics.

November 19, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Nestlé reveals the math and science of sustainability

Some smart tools and a 20-year commitment to green ideals span benefits from lightweighting, recycling and bioplastics, to a smaller global carbon footprint.

November 19, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Whole Foods ranked as top green brand by consumers

Annual survey measures consumer perceptions of green brands and corporate environmental sustainability practices.

November 19, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN makes progress toward material recovery

Group publishes interactive, Web-based knowledge maps that compile packaging data by type across all phases of the recovery system.

November 16, 2012

Contract Packaging

Trends in packaging contract management

There are few areas in the contract manufacturing and packaging industry as sensitive as contract management.

November 14, 2012