Packaging News You Can Use

Aluminum is a durable and sustainable metal: two-thirds of the aluminum ever produced is in use today. Photo: Bevreview.com.

Coke experimenting with aluminum bottle packaging, new forms and new sizes 2 try and recapture sagging soft drink market

Corporate social responsibility in a bottle: the new Tous H2O “Perfume of Life”, from Perfumes Y Diseño

The only way I can describe this is AWESOME. Hits packaging sustainability buttons too

Not much to look at but is important packaging trend for food packaging and is made from 100% post-consumer plastic.

Design by Turnstyle.

Adults buy packaging not kids. Images are cute but not sure this would induce me to buy.

Eco Friendly Toilet Paper with no Plastic Packaging: TP packaging trend of the future?

Americans Trust Green Claims, But Support Government Oversight: Survey
GreenBiz – Oakland,CA,USA
The FTC hearing on April 30 will focus on green packaging terms like recyclable, biodegradable, sustainable and renewable, as well as consumers’ …

SCOR Goes Green
IndustryWeek – USA
… such as collaborating with partners on environmental issues, reducing fuel and energy consumption, and minimizing and reusing packaging materials. …

Wal-Mart drives sustainability, for real.
By Ed Milano
Alex Goldschmidt of Walmartwatch astutely reports the low compliance and low enforcement of Wal-Mart’s touted green packaging rules. Clearly some suppliers have called Wal-Mart’s bluff about the consequences for non-compliance. …

Macy’s Makes Some Green Moves Just in Time for Earth Day
By Deidre Woollard
Next up in the oh-look-we-are-green-too category comes Macy’s which has announced that they will start using shopping bags made in part with recycled paper at its Macy’s stores and biodegradable packaging for online shipments. …

Red, White, Rose or Green? New Environmental Website Announced for …
Emediawire (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
The web site documents the 85% packaging waste savings, which include the bottles, capsules, neck bands, corks, labels and large cardboard boxes. …

A depression will force us to change the way we live
Belleville Intelligencer – Belleville,Ontario,Canada
I believe that bulk stores will do well: with ready-made products subject to expensive packaging and high transportation costs, people will turn more and …

Marketing Claims To “Green” Products And Greenwashing – We’re All …
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) – London,UK
Firstly, be honest when you make your green claim. If your product contains recycled materials in the packaging only, don’t promote your product as made …

Watchdog crackdown on green claims
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The guidelines are a clear crackdown on the multi-million-dollar industry of environmentally friendly products, from toilet paper to food packaging, …

EA proposes packaging regulations for 2009
MRW – London,England,UK
“This is because there are more direct economic incentives as far as the commercial sector is concerned because the people there directly have to pay for …

China announces ban on free plastic bags
Times Online – UK
China’s 1.3 billion people use as many as three billion plastic bags a day. The habit has developed in a mere 15 years as China’s market reforms have sent …

Diamond Packaging Launches Green Web Site
packagePrinting (press release) – Philadelphia,PA,USA
ROCHESTER, NY—Diamond Packaging has launched a new green Web site to coincide with the introduction of its Diamond greenbox initiative, the company’s …

Return to sender, or many unhappy returns?
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
To add to the industry’s woes, the National Packaging Covenant, a voluntary deal between industry and governments that sets targets for recycling but in …

Shoppers care more about animals than climate
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Twice as many are concerned about the amount of packaging on their food as think global warming is the most important issue. …

Bottled water industry mounts campaign to fight eco-backlash
Brand Republic (subscription) – London,UK
… and demonstrate what the industry is doing to reduce its environmental impact, such as reducing its carbon footprint through using recycled packaging. …

What does it mean to go green
La Vista Sun – Papillion,Ne,USA
When shopping, the website suggests that people look for items that have minimal packaging. Many items come wrapped in packaging that is made from petroleum … read

Expo Notes: FastTrack makes it easier being green
Macworld – San Francisco,CA,USA
The company has heard from people in the entertainment business who are working on coming up with more environmentally-friendly packaging for DVDs, … read

Food Chains Take Lead in Conscious-Consumerism
Oak Brook Business Ledger – Oak Brook,IL,USA
… total waste outputs, limiting excess packaging and reducing energy consumption. “At Whole Foods each individual is empowered to be green,” said Kwiatt. … read

Compostable tray devised for meat packaging
PackWire.com – Montpellier,France
In a further boost to the packaging’s green credentials, Biopak claims that the secondary packaging used to transport the trays is also biodegradable, … read

Promoting your firm’s ‘green side’ can pay off big
Augusta Chronicle (subscription) – Augusta,GA,USA
If your packaging is made from recycled paper, then say so. If your company has reduced energy costs, then brag about! Making fuzzy claims, however, … read

Poly-Pak unveils green packaging programme
Laundry and Cleaning News – Sidcup,England,UK
Poly-Pak Industries has unveiled an environmental packaging programme designed to help US retailers become more environmentally responsible. … read