Sustainability

Recycle Glass Week gets underway

Events planned across the country for the Glass Packaging Institute’s recycling initiative, Sept. 12 to 18.

September 14, 2010

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Recycling

Temperature-sensitive shipper provides multiple levels of sustainability

September 12, 2010

Containers

100% recyclable pail provides enhanced package footprint

September 12, 2010

Sustainability

Plantable nursery pot biodegrades in soil

Taking root in independent nurseries around the country, Ball Horticultural Co.’s new SoilWrap® bio-based plantable, compostable plant container is said to completely eliminate 100% of the environmental impact of the package, while reducing related fuel emissions.

September 12, 2010

Flexibles

Cloth pouch packs ironing board cover and pad

Four factors drove the development of one of the award winners in the Non-Food Primary Packaging category, Household Essentials LLC’s Ironing Board Cover & Pad (with Packaging Pouch).

September 12, 2010

Recycling

KFC's sustainable sides container is 'sogood'

“The best packaging idea at KFC since the bucket,” according to KFC Corp.’s Greener Package Awards entry form, its new Reusable KFC Sides Container was a winner in the Food & Pharmaceutical Packaging Category.

September 12, 2010

Sustainability

Destination: zero waste

September 12, 2010

Flexibles

Judges take a shine to new holographic toothpaste carton

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare’s new 6-oz Aquafresh White & Shine toothpaste carton was chosen as the winner of the Personal Care/Cosmetics Packaging category due to its use of a technology that at least one Greener Package Awards judge, John Bernardo of Sustainable Innovations LLC, says has the “potential for a huge impact.”

September 12, 2010

Consumer packaged goods

Subterranean facility earns Innovator of the Year Award

A 2009 brochure from corrugated converter Vanguard Packaging begins, “We live green.”

September 12, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Greener Package Awards honor eight

The second-annual Greener Package Awards competition recognizes innovations in five categories that significantly reduce packaging’s environmental footprint.

September 12, 2010

Home

Reusable box from eBay creates paper trail

Durable box from eBay designed to be used up to five times provides space for personal notes, detailing the box’s journey.

September 10, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Digital printing--a difference maker in launch of Windows 7

Less waste, accelerated speed to market, and anticounterfeiting advantages are some of the benefits gained through on-demand digital printing of folding cartons.

September 9, 2010

Flexibles

Guess what? They're not buying your product because of your packaging

Package safety has joined product safety in consumer importance. Many CPG companies view that as a negative, but they should instead embrace it as a brand-value opportunity.

September 9, 2010