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August 31, 2007, ... recipients of envelopes, cartons, and packaging products to recycle these materials. Beginning this summer, EMA member companies will add a “Please Recycle” logo to their products. “Most people know ...

FIRST GLANCE

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... consumers a 360-deg view of the product without compromising security. Blister is available in RPET or PVC; stiffener card is made from recycled material; paperboard exterior cards are virgin or recycled ...

Scoring the Scorecard

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August 31, 2007, ... both recycled and recyclable materials in their packaging and to reduce carbon dioxide emissions when transporting finished goods to Wal-Mart’s nearly 6,500 stores and wholesale clubs in 15 countries. ...

5 Steps to Green

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August 31, 2007, ... to store shoppers. Just pay a little green-minded attention to five key elements during the project-planning phase. 1. Paper Possibilities Virgin, Recycled, and Tree-Free | The strongest and most pure ...

Be A Good Citizen

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August 31, 2007, ... costs and is more easily recycled by consumers. Procter & Gamble, for one, has made reducing the size of its packaging, such as detergent containers, a priority. The change is a win-win for the company ...

Caraustar's Recycling Plants Receive Safety Awar

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August 20, 2007, Caraustar Industries' Recovered Fiber Group's seven recyling plants were presented with the 2006 No Actual Lost Work Day Case Award in the Recycle Collection category at the Pulp & Paper Safety Assn.'s (PPSA) ...

First Glance

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May 31, 2007, ... environmentally friendly manner. The traditional thermoformed DVD case is replaced with 100% post-consumer recycled cardboard jackets fitted in clear sleeves made from 1.6-mil EarthFirst PLA film from ...

Cradle 2 Cradle

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April 30, 2007, ... goals [known as the “7 R's of Packaging”: Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew, Revenue, and Read (learn about)]. He covered the company's Packaging Scorecard, which evaluates suppliers based on nine basic ...

Dow Opens Recycling Lab

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April 28, 2007, Dow Corning Corp. has opened its Recycled Fiber (RCF) Lab in Barry, Wales. The facility is expected to help processors meet tightening environmental regulations, contain costs, and improve product quality. ...

Mohawk Bestows Windpower Parternship Awards

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March 14, 2007, ... pounds—15% PCW Mohawk 50/10 - manufactured with wind-generated electricity. Savings derived from using post-consumer recycled fiber in lieu of virgin fiber: 25.68 trees not cut down 2,376 lbs. atmospheric ...

Converting Industry News

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December 13, 2006, ... Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew, Revenue, and Read. The metrics are as follows: 15% will be based on Material Value 15% will be based on Product/Packaging Ratio 15% will be based on Cube ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

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November 30, 2006, ... earlier this year, designated the “7 Rs of Packaging”: Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew, Revenue, and Read. The metrics are as follows: 15% will be based on Material Value 15% will be based ...

A Call to Arms

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... than virgin pulp. In addition, the recycled fiber has less residual effect on our environment. To be sure, spent liner may not be an effective substitute for pulp in basestocks for silicone coating, ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

November 07, 2006, News from: PBI-Dansensor, COPAMA, PPC, Research and Markets, Bobst Group USA, The Packaging Group, Flexia Corp., Accel Graphic Systems, ICS, Ampac Packaging, 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance, and people ...

Wal-Mark Unveils Packaging Scorecard

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November 05, 2006, ... reduce, reuse, recycle, renew, revenue, and read. Through months of consultations, the Packaging Sustainable Value Network, a group of 200 leaders in the global packaging industry, including suppliers, ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

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October 30, 2006, ... two-sided Annual Sales: below $20 million No. of Lab Employees: 12 Also certified lab for AF&PA repulpability and recycle protocol of water-barrier corrugated boxes. PFFC-ASAP 433 Windmoeller & ...

What's Ne

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September 30, 2006, ... appears whiter and smoother than other pulp-free products and is said to provide a printed appearance ideal for wine. Matched with company's S100R adhesive, label can be removed by consumer or recycler ...

Converting Industry News

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June 14, 2006, ... to be sold include four coated recycled boxboard mills; 39 consumer packaging converting operations in the US, including folding carton, multiwall and specialty bag, flexible packaging, label, contract ...

New Products, Part 2

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May 30, 2006, ... DIN controller and indicator with text display offers high accuracy input, five on-board process recipes, and company’s patented Instant Accuracy system. Recycled Solvent Like New Eurograv, Surrey, ...

Smurfit-Stone Sells Consumer Packaging Segment

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May 13, 2006, ... Four coated recycled boxboard mills. Thirty-nine consumer packaging converting operations in the United States, including folding carton, multiwall and specialty bag, flexible packaging, label, contract ...