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Target Unveils Five New Sustainable Packaging Goals
Apr 20, 2017UK retailer Target has announced five new sustainable packaging goals to help deliver products that are better for the environment. The retailer is planning to eliminate the use of polystyrene, as it is difficult to recycling for guests ...
Tags: packaging, Sustainable Packaging
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SPC Parters with Smithers Pira to Create Joint Event for Sustainable Packaging Industry
Mar 10, 2014GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) joins Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest, in announcing a new partnership to create a joint event offering the most up-to-date information and strategic intelligence ...
Tags: Sustainable Packaging, Packaging
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B Word-"Biodegradable"-Has No Place in Modern Sustainability Conversations.
Jan 2, 2014Adam Gendell, project manager at GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition At first blush, it certainly sounds like a good word, a warm and fuzzy word. A word that surely belongs hand-in-hand with the many R words we use in ...
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Packaging Design for Sustainability
Dec 9, 2013I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
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New Belgium Recruited GreenBlue to Organize Compost,Recycling and Trash Services for Event
Nov 5, 2013The New Belgium Clips Beer & Film Festival made a stop in Charlottesville, VA, on Sept. 13. New Belgium recruited GreenBlue to organize compost, recycling and trash services for the event. With the help of Republic Services and Black Bear ...
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We've Now Gained a More Thorough Understanding of The Consequences of Changing a Package
Oct 11, 2013Adam Gendell,iproject manager at GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition -- Packaging Digest, 10/1/2013 12:52:00 PM The way we think about sustainability and packaging today has come quite a long way from where it used to be. What ...
Tags: Sustainable Packaging
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Packaging Digest About Consumers Taking Responsibility for "Green Actions"
Aug 23, 2013A 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 ...
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Forest Products Working Group Released Guidelines for Sustainable Paper Products
Jun 24, 2013GreenBlue's Forest Products Working Group has recently released the Guidelines for Sustainable Paper Products (Guidelines). They complement the SPC's Definition of Sustainable Packaging (Definition) and advance the larger GreenBlue goal of ...
Tags: Paper Products, Packaging, Sustainable Paper
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Industryintel Has Announced a New Partnership with Sustainable Packaging Coalition
Jun 24, 2013Market intelligence and information management company IndustryIntel has announced a new partnership with GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) through its i2partnership initiative. The company will provide SPC with ...
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SPC Announced Completion of Launch Phase of Its How2Recycle Recycling Labeling System
May 31, 2013The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue, announced the successful completion of the soft launch phase of its How2Recycle recycling labeling system. In addition, major brand name Kellogg's ...
Tags: PackagingmPrinting
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It Added a Standardized Environmental Profile for Packaging Service
May 17, 2013Sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue said it added a standardized environmental profile for packaging service to its Advisory Services offerings. The organization asked companies interested in designing more sustainable packaging ...
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SPC Held Its Spring Conference Recently in San Francisco
May 6, 2013GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) held its Spring Conference recently in San Francisco, bringing together professionals from companies, government agencies and other non-profits interested not only in packaging ...
Tags: How2Recycle, Label, Packaging
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Compass Helps Incorporate Life Cycle Thinking Into The Packaging Decision Process
Feb 22, 2013Non-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 ...
Tags: standardized packaging, packaging, GreenBlue
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Sustainability Nonprofit GreenBlue Added a New Service to Its Advisory Services Offerings
Feb 21, 2013Sustainability 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 ...
Tags: GreenBlue, new service, standardized packaging design assessment
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Wisconsin Agency Releases Partnership to Increase Recycling
Feb 12, 2013The 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 ...