Aug 03 2007

Packaging Green Watch 08.03.07

Posted at 11:55 am under Packaging Green Watch

Take part in Women’s Institute survey on supermarket packaging
Packaging News is urging readers to contribute to a Women’s Institute (WI) survey on supermarkets’ food packaging, to bring balance to public debate.
 
Plastic bag ban wins popular vote
BBC News – UK
However the director of a packaging company in Cardiff, which distributes around two million plastic bags a month, said the ban would not lower carbon …
 
Bagged or boxed? Wine targets green shoppers
Reuters Canada – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Serving guests wine from a plastic pouch or box may no longer be a social faux pas, say some in the wine industry — as consumers warm to packaging that is …
 
Plonk in a pouch satisfies thirst for green packaging
Business Report – Johannesburg,South Africa
… we’re dead against, because it moves jobs. This is an interesting compromise between keeping packaging here and meeting green needs,” Birch explained. …
 
Public shuns packaging waste
Environmental Data Interactive – UK
A survey carried out by cosmetics retailer Lush suggests that 98% of people think manufacturers need to reduce packaging while 44% said they would buy a …

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