A few months back, I read an article in Packaging Digest about consumers taking responsibility for "green actions." After citing some statistics about how a "record-high 71 percent of Americans" are "buying with an eye toward green," the ...
Since the day Sly Fox Brewing Company's Helles Golden Lager was released, the new 360 CAN with Wide Open Flavor and Aroma has met with increasing demand, according to the brewer. "It's all because the 360 presents our beer in the best ...
Avery Dennison is all set to unveil a new range of products designed to drive sustainable growth, at Labelexpo Europe taking place from 24-27 September 2013 in Brussels. Avery Dennison Materials Group Europe vice president and general ...
Tags: Avery Dennison, Pet Labeling
New Orleans seafood is going green. Global Green USA's Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR) joined forces with the New Orleans Fish House to test recyclable coated corrugated boxes as methods of transporting locally caught seafood. These ...
Tags: Seafood, Green Packaging
Global Green USA’s Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR) has collaborated with the New Orleans Fish House to test recyclable coated corrugated boxes as methods of transporting locally caught seafood. Manufactured by CoRR members ...
How do you use packaging to communicate your sustainable strategy to customers? Come and find out. On July 17, 2013, Jim Hanna, director, environmental impact, Starbucks Coffee Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & ...
Tags: Packaging, Sustainability, Gateway
Most of the products we use today, particularly components of large products, are made using a process called injection molding. It requires the use of mold cavities into which materials in molten state are poured and solidified to form ...
Tags: Injection Molding, Plastic Molding
When the Great Recession hit in 2008/2009, consumers made shopping for values an epic, albeit mostly necessary, past-time. Many of their shopping behaviors have now become habits even though the economy has improved—and center-store ...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in conjunction with the soft drinks industry, trade associations and WRAP, has launched Soft Drinks Sustainability Roadmap (SDSR). The initiative was launched by Food ...
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UBM Canon Packaging Group announced the winners of the inaugural Visionary Awards the evening of June 19. The gala event, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, was held in conjunction with the AmeriStar Package Awards and EastPack ...
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Global manufacturer of plastic packaging Berry Plastics Group has launched a marketing partnership with sustainable consumer goods producer Preserve to create closed loop products using recycled plastic. The collaboration will focus on ...
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Road construction is a serious business as roads are important links connecting towns and cities. An improperly designed and built road is a recipe for disaster as it develops premature cracks and breaks and causes fatal accidents. ...
NSF Sustainability, a division of global independent public health organization NSF International, has verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for J+J Flooring Group’s Kinetex flooring product and Invision brand modular ...
Tags: J+J Flooring, NSF Sustainability, Environmental Product
In 2012, 91 percent (29 million tons) of the corrugated packaging used in the U.S. was successfully recovered for recycling, maintaining its top position as the most-recycled packaging material. Recovery for recycling has increased ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, corrugated packaging, recycled packaging
ColorMatrix, a subsidiary of PolyOne Corp. and a global leader in liquid color and additives for plastics, today launched AmosorbTM Plus, a high-performance oxygen scavenging solution for PET packaging. Amosorb Plus offers enhanced ...
Tags: PET Packaging, Packaging, Clarity