Sustainability

Plastic beer bottle could be big

Australian brewing giant Carlton United Breweries has high hopes for a barrier beer bottle made of plastic. In the meantime, it's launched a monolayer PET bottle that's causing quite a stir.

December 31, 1996

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Sustainable Packaging

PS waste reduction

One of the problems in developing new solid waste management laws and regulations is difficulty in obtaining critical data quantifying the impact of source-reduction practices on various materials.

December 31, 1996

Sustainability

COPE, CONEG unit, PET recycler to close

At a Pack Expo eye-opener briefing in Chicago, analyst Tim Burns of Cranial Capital (Chagrin Falls, OH) opined that anti-packaging forces stirred up by "environmental hooligans" were now in retreat.

December 31, 1996

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PET labels

The Ice label is an offset-printed, 100% PP label, said, by manufacturer Smyth Companies (St. Paul, MN), to outperform poly/paper labels currently being used.

November 30, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging web sites

Use these packaging web sites to obtain immediate information from suppliers, associations and other organizations. Many sites also allow you to generate feedback.

November 30, 1996

Containers

Recycling programs

Return Logistics (Elmhurst, IL) offers recycling programs for industrial packagers aimed at increasing the number of steel drums that are returned to the proper recycling facilities.

November 30, 1996

Sustainable Packaging

'New and improved' green guides

The Federal Trade Commis-sion has updated its environmental marketing guidelines that dictate the use of common environmental claims and logos on packaging and advertising.

November 30, 1996

Recycling

Oregon nixes expanded bottle-deposit law

Oregon voters decisively rejected a ballet initiative that would have expanded the current bottle-deposit law, which applies only to beer and carbonated beverages, to include more than 800 products, including paperboard packaging containers.

November 30, 1996

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Supplier news: Achievements

Free-Flow Packaging Corp.'s (Redwood City, CA) PS recycling program received one of 10 awards given by The National Recycling Coalition.

October 31, 1996

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California group to reconsider recycling

It may not be required for lawmakers, but it probably should be. The California Resource Recovery Assn. (Sacramento, CA) has planned two seminars this fall to cover recycling policy (Sacramento, Dec.

October 31, 1996

Additives, coatings & inks

Recycled-content PET

Wellman (Shrewsbury, NJ) has received a letter of non-objection from the FDA for the use of EcoClear(TM) recycled-content PET in levels to 100% for beverage and food packaging.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging web sites

Next time you're cyber-hopping, browse these sites for packaging-specific information. We'll publish more as space permits. Remember, type http:// in front of each address.

October 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Cylinder round

McKechnie Plastic Packaging's (Philmont, NY) 20-oz cylinder round is the latest addition to the MK Cylinder Round line of bottles. It's designed for promotions by health and beauty manufacturers who wish to market 16 oz of product with 4 oz free.

October 31, 1996