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Pet Food Packaging: Evolution, Revolution & Innovation

(Flexpack)

August 18, 2011, ... and weight reduction compared to paper-based multiwall bags, lower total energy to produce, and smaller carbon footprint. Rigorous life cycle analysis comparing nonrenewable energy content and including ...

Package Design: Make an Impact

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2011, ... & Gamble partnered with Be Green Packaging to repackage Gillette's Fusion ProGlide razor with a formable pulp tray made of renewable bamboo and bulrush fiber-based material to move away from the clamshell ...

Post Consumer Resin Gets New Life from Milk Jugs and Water Bottles

(Flexpack News)

May 18, 2011, Consumer demands for preserving the environment is a trend leading converters like Hood Packaging are seriously confronting head on. The biggest challenge is simultaneously keeping upcharges for more sustainable ...

Compostable & Quiet

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, Innovia Films Metallized NatureFlex NKM Film Is Compostable and Quiet for Boulder Canyon Natural Foods Natural Kettle Cooked Potato Chips Boulder Canyon Natural Foods, Atlanta, GA, has introduced a renewable, ...

Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... recyclability, compost ability, recycled content, renewable fuel usage, and less reliance on petroleum-based materials. While paper materials generally have a disadvantage in terms of energy and water ...

James Sanfilippo

(Trends/Management)

August 31, 2010, ... our development of new technologies and packaging materials that are better for the environment, part of our Project EarthClear initiatives. These include the use of renewable raw materials, not oil, the ...

Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... system approach to assure products arrive at their destination uncompromised, the company reports. Greenbox is powered by PureTemp, Entropy’s renewable based, non-toxic phase change technology, which keep ...

Converting Industry News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

April 30, 2010, ... Belgium. This rating meets the ASTM D6866 standard for determining the renewable/biobased carbon content of products. Dow Chemical Co., Philadelphia, PA, moves its North American Technical Service ...

Taghleef Industries Enters Bioplastic Market

(News | New Products)

April 15, 2010, ... made from 100% renewable resources. The PLA film can be disposed in an industrial composting facility as it is biodegradable and compostable, according to European standard EN13432, and is said to convert ...

Sun Chemical Earns Strongest Sustainability Results from NAPIM

(News | New Products)

March 28, 2010, Sun Chemical's commercial conventional sheetfed inks have earned the highest average index ratings in the National Assn. of Printing Ink Manufacturers' (NAPIM) bio-renewable content (BRC) certification ...

Flex-Pack = Opportunity

(Extrusion Coating)

January 31, 2010, ... is a wide choice of flexible package constructions involving papers, films, aluminium foils, and most recently, renewable polymer materials such as maize-based polylactic acid (PLA). Pouches are a popular ...

Double-Duty Packages

(Substrates)

June 30, 2009, ... with a matching organically composed holiday gift box. An all renewable/recycled/biodegradable carton and label, using vegetable-based inks, support the product's organic features while retaining shelf ...

What's New Products: March 200

(Magazine)

February 28, 2009, ... barrier said to approach that of coextruded OPP. Transparent, general-purpose, packaging-grade film is suitable for many food applications and for lamination to other biofilms. It is based on renewable ...

Conserve Energy

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... under such market conditions, converters need to focus on reducing process energy consumption and increasing the use of renewable energy sources. Where to Start? The first step toward reduced process ...

TAPPI PLACE Conference Promotes Flexibility

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2008, ... in food safety and regulatory issues that are constantly changing and requiring continual updates; learn and discuss practical applications and information related to the use of renewable polymers and ...

TAPPI Offers Info on the Bay

(News Clips Archive)

July 31, 2008, ... features a wide range of presentations and events. The agenda will include practical information on renewable polymers; case studies for sustainability and flexible packaging; updates on food safety and ...

New 'Field Guide' For Sustainable Print and Packaging Desig

(News | New Products)

July 16, 2008, ... Printing and Packaging Papers, Astrolite PC100 is made with 100% renewable electrical energy and is manufactured carbon neutral. The guide is available in PDF format and printed copies may be ordered ...

FTC Plans Green Packaging Workshop

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2008, ... 26, 2007, Federal Register notice. It also solicited comments on carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates ("RECs") as part of this regulatory review, holding its first workshop on those topics in ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... proves that “going green” and “making green” don't have to be mutually exclusive. Not only is the company's 150,000-sq-ft headquarters powered by 100% renewable energy (85% wind power, 15% hydroelectric), ...

5 Steps to Green

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... volatile organic compounds (VOCs), non-renewable resources, and heavy metals used in pigments. Petroleum- Versus Vegetable-Based Inks | More and more printers are reducing their use of VOCs and offering ...