Search

Cardboard Bottle from Ecologic Brands Wins Green Award

(Green Converting)

December 05, 2011, A molded fiber bottle with a re-sealable “smart fitment” is honored for efforts to reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover materials OAKLAND, CA | The International Green Awards recently recognized Ecologic ...

Hot Melt Adhesives Now a Recycling Solution at Channeled Resources

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2011, ... and shipping hot melt adhesives for second use. Calvin Frost, CEO, Channeled Resources Group, says, “It makes sense to close the pressure-sensitive components loop. We already recover and reuse surplus ...

Experience Speaks: Jim Streicher

(Bag Pouch)

July 31, 2011, ... it made sense. What sustainability efforts have you made? We recycle all scrap films, cardboard, anything that can be reused. Some products we make use bio- and photo-degradable films and zippers. ...

Drives Motors: From Zero to 800

(Label/Tape)

June 30, 2011, ... had to commit to the process.” Circonix's UEM approach involved identifying what parts of the line would be reused and what needed to be refurbished, upgraded, modified, or replaced with new equipment. ...

Recycle Cores for Many Materials

(Cores)

June 30, 2011, ... duty models offers blade-free roll slabbing and core recycling. Said to remove leftover roll material quickly, safely, and automatically so cores can be reused and scrap material recycled. Works with various ...

Europe Faces Plastic Bag Bans

(Yo's Yarns)

June 21, 2011, ... any problems. They are commonly reused packages and eventually often end up as bin bags. This use immediately contributes to a reduction. In Germany, the consumer usually pays a fee covering the cost for ...

Two Earn SGP Certification

(Magazine)

May 31, 2011, ... use, identified production efficiencies, and switched to recyclable materials. Berman adjusted its processes to reduce emissions, conserve resources, and reuse or recycle materials. Certification comes ...

Recycling Logo for Cartons Offered

(Carton Box)

April 30, 2011, ... Trade Commission has stated that marketers could advertise a product or package as “recyclable” when it could be “collected, separated, or otherwise recovered from the solid waste stream for reuse — or ...

Automated Ink Logistics Have Sustainable Lean Features for Flexo

(Flexography)

April 04, 2011, ... for flexo printers. Dispensing time takes between 2 and 4 min, depending on the application. Excess ink from a print run is claimed easily reused, located, and retrieved from stock for easy reuse in future ...

Experience Speaks: Cynthia White

(Trends/Management)

February 28, 2011, ... am proud of the service we provide — developing waste solutions for the industry. I feel very fortunate to work for my father, a man I think is the ultimate entrepreneur with his recycling and reuse mentality. ...

Laminate Film Has Antimicrobial Agent

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... products or packaging are being reused, as well as personal care, medical, and pharmaceutical products, pouches for cough drops, cosmetic wipes, and more. Ampac | 513-671-1777 | www.ampaconline.com ...

Core Savings

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

December 31, 2010, Much of the global discussion on sustainability has centered on the concepts of renew, recycle, and reuse. These are important topics, but the discussion Much of the global discussion on sustainability ...

Recycle Leftover Material

(Cores)

December 31, 2010, The Safe-Slab Core Recycler now is available in three variations light, medium, and heavy duty to accommodate a wide range of roll diameters, lengths, The Safe-Slab Core Recycler now is available in three ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... and physical properties in a lab, deciding which can be reused in a roll covering, reapplying it with a mixture of virgin material, and then using the balance for other products in other markets. We can ...

Henkel Highlights Sustainable Packaging Tote Recovery Program

(Coating/Laminating News)

November 29, 2010, ... reused, production of 4.5 million pounds of new steel is eliminated as well.”   A brochure explains how the Henkel Tote Recovery Program works and everything customers need to know in order to participate. ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... collaboration in liner recycling.” Last year, Frost and Petri Tani joined forces to launch Cycle4Green — a “cradle to cradle” solution for paper release liner, based not so much on reuse but on repulping. ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... the Rochester Business Journal. Hammer Packaging's recognition focuses on its commitment to recycle, reuse, and reduce all materials, supplies, waste, and energy and to use renewable resources when economically ...

James Sanfilippo

(Trends/Management)

August 31, 2010, ... customers with innovative packaging solutions. What sustainability efforts has your company made? We employ a closed-loop manufacturing process at our plants to ensure scrap is reused, and our air-conditioning ...

Motion Control: Drives

(Controls)

August 23, 2010, ... the unique Siemens Converting Toolbox, a suite of product specifications and application software that allows an engineer the flexibility to customize portions of a machine build, then recall and reuse ...

Paperboard Packaging: Packed for Style

(Carton Box)

June 30, 2010, ... The style and functionality reportedly make it packaging collectors are more likely to retain and reuse. Functional & Unique Kleenex hand towels from Great Northern Corp., Oshkosh, WI, receives this ...