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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

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

Bio-based

The case of the compostable chip package

The Sun Chips® bag is one for the books.

June 10, 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

Consumer packaged goods

Personal technology headset gets sustainable package redesign

Medical syringe packaging provides inspiration for Bluetooth headset redesign that uses 68% less plastic than original packaging.

June 10, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Pure Fishing hooked on convenience, other benefits of new packaging

Fishing products marketer will debut Berkley product line this fall in blister packaging that is easier to open and that avoids the sharp edges of clamshells.

June 7, 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

Sustainable Packaging

Detail-rich sustainable packaging Product Database is an industry first

Greener Package launches a first-of-its-kind Web-based Product Database for sustainable packaging materials, with collaboration from Walmart.

June 6, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

P&G puts PackML through its Pace

With help from an engineering consultancy service, P&G’s corporate engineers re-programmed a Pace bottle unscrambler so that it would be compliant with the ISA-TR88.00.02 PackML Standard.

June 5, 2010

Tamper-evident machinery

Bottled disinfectants get more reliable seals

New induction sealer delivers consistent performance without bottle stalls or cap meltdowns.

June 5, 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

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June 5, 2010