Flexibles

Flip-top flavor enhancers for dog food

In June 2007, Chomp, Inc., Weymouth, MA, introduced Sniffers Shake-Ins Meal Enhancers for dog food. The dry granulated products are available in three flavors (chicken, bacon, and liver) and are formulated to enhance flavor, add protein, and aid healthy digestion.

March 2, 2008

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Sustainable Packaging

Achieving sustainability - thinking on the outside of the box

“Sustainability”— a new name for an old concept — is the way in which a product, materials, packaging and palletization methods impact space utilization, storage, transportation and distribution costs through the lifecycle supply chain. Call it what you want, efficiency or sustainability; it’s always been a factor in manufacturing, as misused space and materials always create unnecessary costs. Find out more in this White Paper from FoxJet.

February 26, 2008

Sustainability

Unique reclosable package offers significant sustainability, cost savings, and marketing advantages

The Flexible Jug™ is a reclosable package from General Packaging with a cap and a carrying handle. The Flexible Jug™ offers significant sustainability, cost savings, and marketing advantages when compared to stand-up bags and plastic pails.

February 26, 2008

Recycling

Eco-friendly wine cooling package--from California of course...

WineAssure is the first eco-friendly packaging solution to maintain wine at an optimal temperature during shipment.

February 13, 2008

Recycling

Also in India, lower priority placed on "green" choices...

Only 21 percent of Indian consumers ranked environmentally-friendly stores and using recyclable bags or packages as the most important consideration for their grocery store choices, compared to 28 percent globally.

February 13, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

WorldStars recognize winners globally

The World Packaging Organisation announces 166 winners worldwide, from Austria to Zimbabwe.

February 5, 2008

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Will voluntary guidelines for packaging source reduction be enough?

Many municipalities throughout the U.S. have developed voluntary collection and recycling programs, such as curb side collection and collection centres (e.g., municipal, churches, clubs, etc.).

February 4, 2008

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Association Index

A useful directory of packaging and related associations that will help in your journey to sustainable packaging.

February 4, 2008

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Analyzing bioplastic packaging's future

Bioplastics—the very name suggests sustainability, but that shouldn’t exempt these exciting new materials from an objective, probing analysis.

February 4, 2008

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What about foodservice packaging?

This is a sidebar to the story " Momentum builds for sustainable packaging", apprearing on page 60, in the February 2008 issue of Packaging World Magazine.

February 4, 2008

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Momentum builds for sustainable packaging

As the benefits of sustainable packaging grow more compelling than ever, both buyers and makers of packaging materials are finding ways to score successes.

February 4, 2008

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Put TBL at the center of the business agenda

When the Triple Bottom Line is viewed as the cornerstone of corporate behavior, sustainable packaging solutions deliver game-changing wins.

February 4, 2008

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Sam's club leads by example

This is a sidebar to the story "Wal-Mart speaks on the packaging scorecard" which appears in the February 2008 issue of Packaging World Magazine.

February 4, 2008