Sustainable Packaging: Page 482

Recycling

Dutch are first Europeans to charge packaging tax...

A tax based on the calculation of carbon dioxide emissions per kilo of packaging material is now being charged in the Netherlands.

March 5, 2008

Recycling

Young French wines look to "young" ideas in packaging...

PET may be the newest choice for French vintners whose young wines are not being bottled because of glass shortages.

March 5, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable adhesives

Wisdom Adhesives has developed environmentally sustainable adhesives for the packaging and paperboard industries.

March 4, 2008

Consumer packaged goods

Eco-friendly packing for CDs

Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, has introduced 2 new additions to its green packaging portfolio.

March 4, 2008

Additives, coatings & inks

Freeze-tolerant resin

Cereplast has extended the range of applications for biodegradable, compostable plastic with the introduction of the first-ever freeze-tolerant resin, CP-INJ-13.

March 4, 2008

Flexibles

PLA film shrink labels

Seal-It, a div. of Printpack, has produced the first commercial full-body shrink-sleeve labels in the nutraceutical product category made from Earthfirst® PLA.

March 4, 2008

Sustainability

Pour spout

Seaquist Closures’ new Ultra Pour Spout brings aesthetic and environmental benefits to food companies and consumers.

March 4, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Thermal ink-jet printing

The Jetpack 1000™ thermal ink-jet printer from Prism now features a Windows® driver, making it compatible with most bar-code and label-generation programs and enabling customers to make a seamless transition to thermal ink-jet technology from print-and-apply labeling systems.

March 4, 2008

Sustainability

Wonder Tablitz blitzes NACD awards

Spray bottle with integral cavity wins year's top honor from the National Association of Container Distributors.

March 4, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Pulse radar sensors

Automation Products Group offers the PR Series Pulse Radar Level Sensors.

March 4, 2008

Flexibles

Carpet cleaner tablet packaging helps clean up environment

The packaging concept for Capture Drop’n Go Deep Cleaning Carpet Tablets, jointly developed by Milliken Chemical, a div. of Milliken & Co., Spartanburg, SC, and North State Flexibles, LLC, has earned an FPA Gold Award in the Environmental and Sustainability Achievement category.

March 4, 2008

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10 trends in packaging operations for 2008

Remember, you saw them here first! Here’s the synopsis of a new white paper.

March 3, 2008