Conveying & accumulation

New pack lets Wigwam slip into future

Revamping outdated graphics wasn't enough for sock maker Wigwam Mills. New pack and labeling improve consumer appeal while output and flexibility meet retailers' changing needs.

May 31, 1995

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Flexible packaging

Gleneagles springs for in-house stretch/blow molding

Scotland's Gleneagles Spring Waters shifts from buying PET bottles to stretch/blow molding them in-house from preforms. The change saves $600ꯠ/yr and provides a "family" image for its seven bottle sizes.

May 31, 1995

Sustainability

FDA plans to speed approval for PCR use

Packagers are delighted with what they've heard about new post-consumer plastic resin rules expected this fall. Data requirements will be clearer and more specific so retesting will be minimized.

May 31, 1995

Sustainable Packaging

Producers promote 100% recycled paperboard

Fourteen major U.S. manufacturers of recycled paperboard have formed the 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance, New York, to promote the use of the product in packaging of both consumer and industrial products.

May 31, 1995

Sustainability

New News

FTC to review green marketing guidelines The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will review its green marketing guidelines beginning in July and expects to issue changes early in 1996.

May 31, 1995

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Florida takes step toward eliminating ADF

In what amounted to a complete reversal of a bill extending Florida's Advance Disposal Fee (ADF) for two years, the Senate's Natural Resources Committee voted for an amendment repealing the fee as of July 1, 1995.

April 30, 1995

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Corrugated pallet/shipper

Smurfit Pallet Systems (Crown Point, IN) has introduced a 100% recyclable pallet and shipper. The Payload(TM) II Pallet is a heavy-duty, lightweight pallet with solid top and bottom sheets for double-stacking uneven loads.

April 30, 1995

Sustainability

Transpack 95 packs a punch

Symposium on transport packaging focuses on the increasing sophistication of this aspect of packaging. Hazardous material shipments top a host of regulatory concerns.

April 30, 1995

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Recycled paperboard

James River's (Milford, OH) Pacesetter® line of coated paperboard is made from 100% recycled content and comes in a caliper range from .016 to .026, either newsback or whiteback.

April 30, 1995

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Recyclable pallet

Ecodek pallet from GL Wood Products (West Chicago, IL) is made of 100% recycled corrugated, providing a low-cost, lightweight alternative to conventional wood pallets.

April 30, 1995

Recycling

Fiberboard pallets lift Liquor Board's spirits

Fiberboard pallets replace wood, saving more than $100ꯠ annually for the Washington State Liquor Control Board.

April 30, 1995

Converting equipment

Clairol specs PCR plastic and paperboard

Substantial percentages of recycled post-consumer material are being used in the packaging of two new product lines from New York, NY-based Clairol.

April 30, 1995

Sustainable Packaging

EPA drafts guidelin on eco-preferred products

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed draft guidelines to be followed by federal agencies in making "environmentally preferable" purchases of products and services.

April 30, 1995