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Recycling

Unusual bag-in-box differentiates organic wine from the rest

Nevada County Wine Guild reinforces its line of organic wines with a statuesque bag-in-box package whose shape delivers competitive differentiation. The box uses 60% post-consumer materials and is recyclable.

November 30, 2001

Recycling

Multipack markets Stonyfield's soy yogurt

Organic yogurt producer Stonyfield Farm in May introduced O’Soy, an all-natural soy yogurt, in what it believes is a unique six-pack. The multipack “wrap” is 20-pt recycled clay-coated newsback, supplied by Old Dominion Box (Madison Heights, VA).

September 30, 2001

Recycling

Pulp-packed wine bottles please customers

When Viansa Winery of Sonoma, CA, switched recently from expanded polystyrene to molded pulp packaging for the wines it ships via parcel service, the move was driven largely by environmental concerns.

September 30, 2001

Sustainability

What's the opposite of 'green'?

Well, that’s not exactly the question that arises after reading a report in the Aug. 2 edition of The Economist. Rather than being the opposite of environmentally sensitive, the point of the report is that maybe “pale green” is closer to the truth.

September 30, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Machinery brings the future to Latrobe

The front end of this glass line for 12-oz Rolling Rock beer is practically an operator-free zone. Laser-guided vehicles replenish packaging materials on demand. See in-plant video

September 30, 2001

Home

Squeezable PET package

Pakido™, the new PET package from Aisapack (Vouvry, Switzerland), combines creativity with functionality. It is a transparent, recyclable, squeezable package that can be molded into a variety of distinctive shapes.

August 31, 2001

Home

Enforcement of European Pack

EXCLUSIVE FROM OUR RECYCLING NEWS PARTNER: Companies that ignore European packaging "takeback" laws could face fines or lawsuits in a new wave or prosecutions next year, according to KPMG U.K, analyst Stephen Oliver, who spoke at the recent Take It Back! conference in Arlington, VA. Click logo for full article.

August 31, 2001

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California container recycling fails to meet minimums

The California Integrated Waste Management Board ruled in late July that plastic containers failed to meet the required 25% recycling rate in years 2000 and 2001.

August 31, 2001

Flexibles

New pack helps No Pudge! Foods fatten sales

A paperboard carton that offers on-shelf differentiation and an inner plastic bag that doesn’t leak help No Pudge! Foods’ natural brownie mix sales soar.

August 31, 2001

Flexibles

Flexibles to stretch beyond $19 billion in sales

FPA forecasts that fresh produce, meat/poultry/seafood, pet food, medical, and snack foods will represent the top five end-use growth areas for flexible packaging materials in the next five years.

August 31, 2001

Home

Enforcement of European Pack

EXCLUSIVE FROM OUR RECYCLING NEWS PARTNER: Companies that ignore European packaging "takeback" laws could face fines or lawsuits in a new wave or prosecutions next year, according to KPMG U.K, analyst Stephen Oliver, who spoke at the recent Take It Back! conference in Arlington, VA. Click logo for full article.

July 31, 2001

Recycling

Canister sends Rugrats to Mexico

In April, Mexico's largest baked goods company, Marinela, released a special line of cookies dedicated to the Mexican release of the Nickelodeon movie, "Rugrats in Paris." The product is housed in a slim 113x1110 composite canister from Sonoco (Hartsville, SC). It's topped with a molded plastic dispenser in the shape of one of the seven main Rugrats characters.

July 31, 2001