Greener Package

Carton pack suits soup maker's sustainability goals

Anne Marie Mohan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods®, Santa Rosa, CA, has selected the Tetra Recart aseptic retort package for its full line of ready-to-serve chunky soup varietals. The package represents the first nationally available soup in the Tetra Recart package with whole pieces of vegetables, beans, and pasta, notes supplier Tetra Pak.

Free Web tool calculates package’s environmental impact

Anne Marie Mohan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

New from The ULS (Use Less Stuff) Report is its CalcuLess™ Environmental Impact Analyzer, a free, Web-accessible tool that generates a simplified analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and solid waste created by a package.

Interest swells for reusable packaging, two industry events show

Anne Marie Mohan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

National industry and professional associations, along with packaging and pooling companies, are striving to increase awareness and promote the use of reusable packaging through educational seminars.

Package is perfect for pure water brand

Anne Marie Mohan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:22:18 +0000

Plunging into new coil-to-can aluminum beverage packaging for its pure, esker-sourced water, Eaux Vives Water, Toronto, launched two product varieties in Exal’s bottle-can format in July 2008. Explains Martin Kuev, the company’s director of marketing, “Impact extrusion was an option, however C2C was more in line with what we were looking for in terms of the light weight, environmental benefits, and cost implications.”

Aluminum bottle bound for mainstream beverage use

Anne Marie Mohan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:09:44 +0000

New hybrid technology makes high-volume ‘bottle-can’ manufacturing less expensive,
faster, and more sustainable than existing process, for beverage products such as Eaux Vives’ Eska Water.

Blog launched to encourage PET bottle reuse, recycling

Anne Marie Mohan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:53:25 +0000

Water purification system and bottled water provider UltraPure Systems, Buffalo Grove, IL, has launched a blog developed to lead the way “to a healthy exchange of envioronmentally revitalizing ideas,” the company says.

Upcycling for charity: Ring-pull handbags provide income for world’s poorest

Anne Marie Mohan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:32:54 +0000

Aluminum-can ring pulls from Rexam are now doing double-duty in a charitable project organized by The Philippine Community Fund (PCF). Under the project, Rexam has donated 100,000 aluminum can ends, the tabs of which will be used to make a selection of striking handbags by people in the Philippines. The resulting purses will then be sold in the U.K., to provide their makers with much-needed income.

Bottle-to-box packaging launched

Anne Marie Mohan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

The Bottle Box™ is said to be the first ever food packaging made from the bottle-to-box recycling process. Launched by Direct Pack, Inc. (DPI) and Global PET, a range of packaging made from 100% post-consumer PET (rPET) beverage bottles is now available that provides a cost-effective green alternative to current food packages.

Unifoil receives PEFC chain-of-custody certification

Anne Marie Mohan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Unifoil Corp. has achieved chain-of-custody certification from the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC). The international endorsement follows Unifoil’s receipt of chain-of-custody certifications from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI). PEFC certification assures purchasers of paper products that they are promoting the sustainable management of forests.

Milk Rocks! program launches sustainability theme

Anne Marie Mohan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Building on three years of promoting milk consumption in schools though the Milk Rocks! program, Evergreen Packaging is expanding its focus in 2010 to include a sustainability theme: Milk Rocks! The Earth.

“The program’s dual message is that drinking milk helps produce healthy students and that milk cartons, made primarily from a renewable resource, contribute to a healthy earth,” says Pam Parris, market manager for Evergreen. “We encourage kids to live healthy lives and become good stewards of their environment.”