Sustainable Packaging: Page 491

Sustainable Packaging

Plastic paint container

KW Container’s new paint containers aremade of 100% recycled and recyclable HDPE or PP, making them suitable for paint and coatings manufacturers seeking packaging solutions that address environmental challenges.

October 4, 2007

Sustainability

Industry Watch

October 4, 2007

Recycling

Filters add a flavor dimension in coffee aisle

Melitta USA, Clearwater, FL, has designed what it describes as an improved coffee filter, and packaging communicates the value of its product innovation.

October 4, 2007

Consumer packaged goods

Espoma pulls trigger on sleeve-labeled bottle

Recognized for plastic-bagged natural plant foods, this lawn-and-garden firm introduces Earth-tone pesticides in a sleeve-labeled PET trigger-spray bottle.

October 4, 2007

Home

Car-care pack gets smart

Even car care products have joined the smart-packaging crowd. A great example of this is Simoniz Liquid Diamond powered car polish from Simoniz Corp., Bolton, CT. It’s the flagship product in a line of six products launched in early 2006.

October 3, 2007

Labels

Smart packaging--gaining traction in the marketplace

The promise of smart packaging has always been impressive. Now, at last, some pretty intriguing commercial applications are starting to surface.

October 3, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Bottled water pros vs cons

Beyond the tap water vs bottled water taste debate, the issue of bottled water has clearly spilled onto the national table.

October 3, 2007

Flexible packaging

Water bottles deliver refreshing environmental twist

Amid a wave of anti-bottled water sentiment, light-weighted bottles and bottles made with corn-based PLA flow into the market in the United States and in Europe.

October 3, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Wal-Mart Canada pushes sustainability

In late June, Wal-Mart Canada hosted a sustainable packaging exposition, billed as the first of its kind in that country, to support its goal to reduce the amount of packaging on products its stores sell by 5% by 2013.

October 3, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Global growth seen in compostable bioplastic bottles

European food and drink consultancy Zenith Intl. Ltd. (www.zenithinternational.com) reports that the global market for drinks packaged in compostable bottles rose 150% to reach 10 million liters of volume sold in 2006.

October 3, 2007

Recycling

The wrap-up: Truly custom packaging

One-of-a-kind packaging with a personal touch.

October 1, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Sustainability: buzz or business?

Why did packaging automation supplier ELAU participate in the recent Sustainable Packaging Forum? Because enabling technology will make the difference between achieving sustainability and tomorrow’s cliché. Why did packaging automation supplier ELAU participate in the recent Sustainable Packaging Forum? Because enabling technology will make the difference between achieving sustainability and tomorrow’s cliché.

October 1, 2007