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Eco-chic goes face forward with Green Room collection
The Canadian Press -
All packaging used for the products is either biodegradable or recyclable. For every product sold from the collection, Smashbox will plant a Moringa tree in …

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJ8FCbEUo846Dwp5l60Zycmw1Avg

The sipping news: Biodegradable packaging for wine bottles
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The lightweight wrapping is made from Green Cell foam, produced by KTM Industries of Lansing, Mich., and distributed by American Canyon-based Packaging Plus …
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/28/WIT8U496J.DTL

How to reduce your wine’s carbon footprint
By Patricia Mayville-Cox
Why? The glass bottle weight contributes of course, so alternative packaging can help a bit. But what’s the best answer according to Colman? Drink locally-produced wine. Easy enough! Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments.

http://www.greendaily.com/2007/12/30/how-to-reduce-your-wines-carbon-footprint/

Food Pouch Or Cans? Weighing Green, Taste Factors
Hartford Courant - United States
Is this kind of packaging less harmful to the environment or just cheaper to make for the seller? Food pouches, which are made from a combination of …

http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-faqman0102.artjan02,0,2515948.story

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Packaging Products for Interactive Mobile Marketing
Jobwerx - Seattle,WA,USA
Today all of this is possible with GPI’s Snap2C* packaging products. Real time marketing and communication between brands and consumers is now possible at …

http://www.jobwerx.com/news/2008/graphic_packaging_news_949634_024.html

Congress Probes Baby Formula Packaging
Forbes - NY,USA
PK - news - people ) USA, Abbott Laboratories (nyse: ABT - news - people ) and Wyeth. The chemical at issue has been used to package foods for over 50 years …

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/17/ap4546179.html

derma e® Reveals New Packaging
By Editor
Simi Valley, CA (December 18, 2007) /SOAPWIRE/ — derma e® Natural Bodycare, a pioneer in natural skincare products and known for blending powerful antioxidants and beneficial botanicals, has announced a new packaging makeover, …

http://www.soap-wire.com/2007/12/derma-e-reveals.html

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Single logo green packaging plan – Go Green – AOL Lifestyle
Plans to create a single logo for use on recyclable packaging were unveiled.

Think carefully about “green” packaging: expert
UQ News – Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
Biodegradable packaging may not be all it’s cracked up to be, according to world food packaging expert, Dr Gordon L Robertson, who is also an adjunct …

Green Wombat: green packaging
HP’s Green Ink: New Packaging to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions · Hp_packaging_redesign_image_3_2 It’s the small things that count. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has …

Stores to face packaging deluge
Wiltshire Times – UK
By Victoria Ashford. PEOPLE are being urged to take action against supermarkets tomorrow by returning excess packaging to stores in a bid to reduce household …

Cadbury launches new products for Easter 2008
Talking Retail – Swanley,England,UK
For the first time, specifically for Easter, it will see a
significant reduction in packaging as well as an exciting new alliance with the National Trust to …

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Sevi Organics upgrades packaging to be even more eco-friendly.
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
The family owned small company strives for purity and honesty and are proud to be an earth, animal and people friendly company. The full cosmetic line is …
 
Anglesey slams Christmas waste
News Wales - Knighton,UK
… explained, “By raising awareness about this important issue we hope that people will really start thinking about whether all of the packaging that comes …
 
Biopack Announces Soft Opening for Biopark
CNNMoney.com - USA
… seven fully automated machine units as well as eight mixing pools for coloration of Biopack’s unique 100% biodegradable food grade packaging products. …
 
Food and drink manufacturers pledge to cut packaging and food waste
MRW - London,England,UK
Food and drink manufacturers pledged to considerably cut packaging and food waste by 2010, in a five point plan initiated by their trade body, …
 
Spend Less to Shop Green
Motley Fool - USA
Pick products with minimal packaging. Buying in bulk will reduce both your costs and the packaging you have to recycle or throw away. While you’re shopping, …
http://www.fool.com/personal-finance/general/2007/10/26/spend-less-to-shop-green.aspx
 
Clinton, Wal-Mart foster ‘green’ buying
BusinessWeek - USA
Wal-Mart has set targets for reducing energy use and packaging waste and selling more environmentally friendly products. Steps include switching to only …
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8SL94200.htm

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Am I Retrainable for Sustainable?
GreenBiz - Oakland,CA,USA
After more than 30 years as a packaging professional focused on flexible — dare I say — plastic packaging, this new movement people are calling …
 
Valley eateries move to compostable products
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
King’s company sells only packaging from renewable resources and said his business is up 83 percent from last year. “It’s becoming the zeitgeist, …
 
Councils ready to ban plastic shopping bags
Guardian Unlimited - UK
This is because people would be encouraged to use bags made from other materials or alternative forms of packaging, which may be equally or more damaging to …
 
Recycling Is Critical for Environment and Business
Earthtimes - London,UK
Recovered paper and packaging are used by paper mills to manufacture new products, including office paper, packaging and shipping containers. …

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Going ‘green’ can be a mixed bag for consumer companies
MarketWatch - USA
By Anjali Cordeiro Consumer product suppliers are pushing to make their products and supply chains more environmentally friendly in an effort to bolster … 
 
Engineering Green Packaging
Design News - Newton,MA,USA
BY THIS AUTHOR Food, beverage and consumer product packaging will soon get a whole lot greener. And much of the credit goes to Wal-Mart. … 
 
A Spotlight on the Green Side of Bottled Water
New York Times - United States
A. We use less packaging than sodas or other convenience beverages. Nestlé Waters is rolling out Ecoshape, a 12.5 gram plastic bottle that holds half a … 
 
Lessons Learned on Display at Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Summit
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough,NH,USA
It can be an engine for innovation in products and packaging, even delivery systems. And it wants to help its tens of thousands
of suppliers move in that… 

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