Sustainable Packaging: Page 420

Sustainable Packaging

Wal-mart

June 5, 2010

Additives, coatings & inks

Conference on PLA covers issues from 'resin to retailer'

At NatureWorks LLC’s April Innovation Takes Root 2010 (ITR) conference, the message was clear: Biopolymer’s time has come, and innovation and collaboration are the keys to continuing its forward momentum.

June 5, 2010

Flexibles

Package appropriateness

Some package styles just plain fit certain product groups. A box of cereal, a tube of toothpaste, a bag of chips, a can of beans, a can of soup, a bottle of milk, a bottle of beer, a bottle of wine—in every case we automatically associate the package format with the product.

June 5, 2010

Flexible packaging

Slack fill complaint leads to empty feeling

Consumer group the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Adminstration and many U.S. states to suppress a problem the group’s head calls “commonplace.

June 5, 2010

Containers

Tenaya launches high-acid, shelf-stable beverages in aseptic PET bottles

Reportedly among the first of its kind in North America, the organic beverages use bottles with a barrier coating.

June 4, 2010

Flexibles

Biodegradable film for chocolate Melts

In the UK, Melts chocolate candies from Thorntons are wrapped in metallised, biodegradable NatureFlex™ NM film from Innovia.

June 4, 2010

Recycling

10 steps to effective P-O-P displays

These tips will help synergize your display with your packaging, and they also consider the needs of the marketer, the retailer, and the consumer.

June 4, 2010

Flexibles

Vitamin line switching to 100% recycled PET bottles

Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems opts for ‘bio-balanced’ healthcare-focused products and packaging.

June 3, 2010

Flexibles

DuPont Gold for cat litter bags

New packaging for Fresh Step Cat Litter, a product of Clorox USA, Oakland, CA, has garnered a DuPont Gold Award; by replacing polypropylene pails with flexible film bag packaging, Clorox has cut packaging material weight by 80%.

June 1, 2010

Containers

Soccer fans may get a kick out of new beer can

SABMiller to introduce a can with a full-aperture end for the World Cup tournament. It’s recyclable, and it transforms the can into a convenient drinking cup.

May 28, 2010

Sustainability

Infinitely recyclable aluminum can more sustainable than ever, shows LCA

New life-cycle analyses from The Aluminum Association shows a carbon footprint reduction of 44% over the last 17 years.

May 27, 2010

Closures

Beverage 'bottle can' wins DuPont Diamond Award

A multifaceted, game-changing technology for aluminum bottles has been aptly named a Diamond award winner for Excellence in Innovation, Cost/Waste Reduction, and Sustainability.

May 27, 2010