The recycling of rigid plastics, excluding bottles, climbed 13 percent in 2011 to reach at least 934 million pounds for the year, and U.S. consumers with local access to recycle all non-bottle rigid plastics shot from 40 percent to 57 ...
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When was the last time you heard sustainability referred to as a journey? Chances are not too long ago as it is quite a common statement. Often we may not give the word journey its due meaning. A journey requires some level of commitment ...
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Non-profit organization GreenBlue has announced the addition of a standardized packaging design assessment service to its Advisory Services offerings. The new service is beneficial for companies interested in designing sustainable ...
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Sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue has added a new service to its Advisory Services offerings—a standardized packaging design assessment. Companies interested in designing more sustainable packaging can now take advantage of this ...
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Folding cartons designer and manufacturer Curtis Packaging has offset the projected greenhouse gas emissions from its operations in 2013 by helping to support a NativeEnergy project providing water filters to households in rural Kenya. ...
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Flexible Film Recycling Group (FFRG), and GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The ...
The board of directors of GreenBlue have announced the appointment of Nina Goodrich as executive director of the organization. Goodrich will also continue in her current role as program director for GreenBlue's flagship project, the ...
The How2Recycle label introduced by GreenBlue would soon appear on Yoplait yogurt packs, Orville Redenbacher popcorn and Aveda acne pads as part of a pilot program to reduce consumer confusion and to encourage more recycling. The new ...
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Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/4/2012 7:00:00 AM While sustainability is growing ever louder as a packaging buzzword, a wealth of questions about the concept and its potential impact on the industry remain. On ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/29/2012 4:04:27 PM The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue, is pleased to announce additional participants in the soft ...
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US-based GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) has released a report on the opportunities and challenges for using recycled fiber in packaging, after recognizing the growing interest in increasing recycled content in ...