Sustainable Packaging

OFF THE SHELF: Postage-paid toothbrush recycling

A Massachusetts-based company called Preserve has come up with a clever way of encouraging the recycling of toothbrushes. Jim Butschli shows how it works.

June 24, 2010

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Sustainable Packaging

Healthcare reform, regulations, and cost issues top survey findings

The 2010 UPS ‘Pain in the (Supply) Chain healthcare survey also reports that 52% of respondents now use environmentally friendly packaging while another 20% are actively considering plans to do so.

June 21, 2010

Protective/transport packaging

Pregis Hexacomb® receives FSC® certification

Pregis Hexacomb® has received the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) Chain of Custody certification for products produced at its Ermelo, Netherlands production facility.

June 18, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable packaging projected to grow in frequency: study

Some 37% of consumer products could have green packaging by 2015, compared with 27% today, according to an EL Insights study.

June 16, 2010

Sustainability

Mayors' conference adopts Producer Responsibility Resolution

Extended Producer Responsibility for product and packaging waste is supported by the U.S. Conference of Mayors at their annual meeting.

June 15, 2010

Contract Packaging

Marketing supplements? Seven questions to ask contract manufacturers

Asking the right questions provides the information you need to select the contract services company that is best for your needs.

June 11, 2010

Flexibles

Plastic prefillable syringe systems

New biopharmaceuticals, rising production costs, at-home convenience, and safety are driving the need for break-resistant, silicone-free prefilled syringes.

June 11, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Aldi to put carbon footprint info on labels

The move will begin later this year with some of the grocer’s own-brand products on store shelves in Australia.

June 10, 2010

Sustainability

2010 NACD awards honor innovation

Twenty-three packages representing a range of industries are lauded by the National Association of Container Distributors.

June 7, 2010

Flexible packaging

Innovation built on green principles

Sustainability remained a key criterion in this 22nd edition of the DuPont Awards. But this is mostly a story about innovation.

June 5, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Wal-mart

June 5, 2010

Flexibles

Package appropriateness

Some package styles just plain fit certain product groups. A box of cereal, a tube of toothpaste, a bag of chips, a can of beans, a can of soup, a bottle of milk, a bottle of beer, a bottle of wine—in every case we automatically associate the package format with the product.

June 5, 2010

Flexible packaging

Slack fill complaint leads to empty feeling

Consumer group the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Adminstration and many U.S. states to suppress a problem the group’s head calls “commonplace.

June 5, 2010