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Winterborne Recognized by Wal-Mart for Sustainable Packaging Success

(News | New Products)

September 01, 2008, ... an energy efficient, full service in-house manufacturing process that slashes transportation costs and holds greenhouse gas production to the minimum, Winterborne customers are said to gain a major sustainability ...

Sustainable Packaging for Specialty Meat

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... plastics into EarthClear packaging made from sustainable Ingeo biopolymers [from NatureWorks LLC], you will save 1,630,360 gallons of gasoline annually and reduce greenhouse gases equivalent to driving ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

May 31, 2008, ...  PFFC-ASAP 400 Manage Emissions Enterprise software helps companies create greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions strategies. By using specific metrics and timelines to compare actual and projected performance, ...

Cardpak President Named Chairman of PPC

(News Eclips)

May 04, 2008, ... Protection Agency and other organizations in developing a multimedia outreach plan that includes case studies on successful paperboard recycling programs, information on how trees absorb greenhouse gas ...

Offsetting C02 Emissions

(Green Converting)

April 30, 2008, ... hydropower, wind farms, and reforestation. ShipGreen says all projects in their portfolio are inspected, verified, and certified by independent third parties to ensure a reduction in greenhouse gases. ...

Conference Makes Green the Goal

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... reported the EPA agenda today is very active and is on the verge of making a significant decision on ozone standards. He also said EPA is expected to publish a draft of greenhouse gas reporting regulations ...

Debating China's Effect on the Environmen

(Green Converting)

February 29, 2008, ... The heart of the matter is coal, he added; that's what drives their economy. They are the largest emitter of greenhouse gases; they have contaminated wheat and grain from dirty water; and they practice ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... than 5,000 homes each year. “This landfill gas-to-energy project will help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 10%, will significantly reduce our energy costs, and will reduce our dependence on ...

5 Steps to Green

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... the following benefits: Reduces total energy consumption by 38% Reduces net greenhouse gas emissions by 40% Reduces particulate emissions by 36% Reduces wastewater by 32% Reduces solid waste by ...

Lights Lead the Way

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... said they feel better just getting into the light.” On the environmental front, it is estimated the company will save 160,496 kWh each year, which means 256 tons of greenhouse gases will not be released ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... film industry want improved optical and physical properties including shrink films, overwrap films, lamination films, food packaging, greenhouse films, and stretch films. Nucleation improves shelf appeal ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... says The ULS Report. The study examined the energy used, waste created, and greenhouse gas emissions generated by a number of common packages made from plastic, including drink cups, water bottles, ...

A New Twist on CSR

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... labor and human rights concerns to climate change. Such non-traditional business measures as voluntary greenhouse gas reductions, while potentially beneficial to society at large, recently have raised ...

UV/EB Technology Helps Reduce VOCs

(Archive)

September 04, 2005, Reductions of volatile organic compound (VOC) and greenhouse gas emissions go hand in hand with ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies, according to a position paper just released by RadTech—The ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... Wen-Jen Lai. “…By adopting NatureWorks into the mainstream, we reduce the amount of petroleum required for plastic production, significantly reduce greenhouse gases, and offer an end-product with cleaner ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... plastic film used on farms to preserve high-moisture hay and provide covers for greenhouses. >Results to date are said to show there is interest at both the farm and municipality level to participate in ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... some shortcomings and create differentiated film products. These include anti-dust additives that improve packaging appearance and light transmission through greenhouse films, new antifogging additives ...

Climate-Change Poker: Bush Calls the Kyoto Bluff

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... Christine Whitman urging engagement on global climate change, President Bush announced the US would not implement the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The announcement was no surprise. ...

Is Change in the Air?

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... including the fact that New Jersey is the only state in the country to have committed formally to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Flex-Pack Industry Airs Concerns The importance to the packaging ...

What Do Global Temps, Unemployment Share?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, What do global temperatures (coupled with the greenhouse effect) have in common with the declining number of workers available to fill vacant jobs? Nothingon What do global temperatures (coupled with the ...