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PepsiCo Becomes The Recycling Partnership's New Funding Partner
Aug 1, 2017PepsiCo and The Recycling Partnership have agreed to work on a cross-sector approach to increasing recycling rates across America. The partnership will address the continued shortfall in US recycling rates. At present, still less than ...
Tags: PepsiCo, recycled PET
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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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Dow Chemical Launches New Recyclable Flexible Stand-up Pouches
Jun 20, 2016US-based Dow Chemical Company has developed new recyclable stand-up pouches using the RecycleReady technology. Made with Retain polymer modifiers, the stand-up pouch features barrier film that can be recycled in a polyethylene recycling ...
Tags: RecycleReady technology, recycling stream, breakthrough
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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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Pop Singer Sheena Easton Did a Radio Commercial for Some Diet Program
Nov 22, 2013In the 1980s, pop singer Sheena Easton ("Morning Train," "For Your Eyes Only") did a radio commercial for some diet program where she lamented how hard it was to lose those last two pounds (and how the program could help, of course). At the ...
Tags: Satiating Diet, Sustainable Strategies, sustainable packaging
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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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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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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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How2recycle Logos Will Appear in The US to Encourage People to Recycle
Apr 25, 2013Consumer and professional products manufacturer The Clorox Company has announced plans to add How2Recycle logos on product packaging, in an attempt to encourage people to recycle. According to the company, the new logos will appear in the ...
Tags: Clorox, How2recycle, Product Packaging
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It's Doubtful That Corporate Sustainability Goals Include a Reduction of Eutrophication
Apr 7, 2013Adam Gendell, Project Manager, Sustainable Packaging Coalition -- Packaging Digest, 4/1/2013 6:00:00 PM You have probably never heard of a package that is advertised for its superior low acidification potential. It's similarly doubtful ...
Tags: Packaging Coalition, Packaging