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- Weight Reduction
- (Archive)
- August 31, 2008, ... results in reduced shipping costs for both CEI and its customers, and less waste is being generated during the converting process and ending up in landfills, says Nowak. But that is just one part of ...
- Predators Team with Smurfit-Stone to Go Green
- (News Eclips)
- August 12, 2008, ... initiative,” said Tim Bebout, area manager for Smurfit-Stone’s recycling operations. “This is a great way to take materials out of the waste stream that otherwise would have gone to a landfill. It’s good ...
- Breakdown Breakthrough
- (Green Converting)
- August 11, 2008, ... package through home or industrial composting. This approach supports Jordan's overall strategy and makes a meaningful contribution to reducing waste disposal and landfill requirements, while reducing the ...
- August 2008 PFFC First Glance
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2008, ... and landfill requirements, while reducing the need for incineration. Pack & Tack Jannel Packaging, Holbrook, MA, offers a range of custom-manufactured packing list envelopes featuring a choice of adhesives ...
- Dirge for a Plastic Bag?
- (Editorial)
- July 31, 2008, ... their undying support for the latest “Zeitgeist” movement. As you indicated, we investigated 50-year-old landfills, tried to ban plastic bags, wanted to outlaw aluminum cans, tried to outlaw the six-pack ...
- ACC Owners
- (Experience Speaks)
- June 30, 2008, ... person. What sustainability efforts has your company made? Mark | One of the biggest things we've done is a dramatic reduction of waste going to landfill. Now it goes to a recycling facility. Other ...
- Recycling Program Aimed at Customers
- (Green Converting)
- April 30, 2008, ... custom plastic sheet, is combining two environmental concepts — sustainability and recycling — to keep product out of landfills and return salable product to customers. In the “zero landfill” policy, GOEX ...
- Riding the Technology Wave
- (Label/Tape)
- April 30, 2008, ... on pushed Europeans to find less wasteful (to reduce energy costs), more environmentally friendly products (because of fewer landfills per capita as well as more congested land space generating greater ...
- Trail Blazing
- (Green Converting)
- March 31, 2008, ... were once printed on traditional foil have since switched to CurtCHROME. “We have transitioned a lot of customers over from the foil laminated product — that in most cases gets thrown away in the landfill ...
- Clever Converters
- (Flexpack)
- March 31, 2008, ... It uses about eight times less warehouse space, consumes eight times less landfill space, and uses less than 50% of the packaging needed for reduction sustainability. The Judging Panel Entries in ...
- No-Wait Welding
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 29, 2008, ... polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheets for use primarily as covers and liners in agriculture, construction, landfill applications, and marine markets. Integra purchased ...
- Sustainability—Déjà Vu All Over Again?
- (Bag Pouch)
- February 29, 2008, ... participating educators what they would find at their local landfills. He explained how newspapers from the 1960s were still legible; how chicken bones, hot dogs, and other “biodegradable” products were ...
- IP, Memphis Aid Recycling
- (Green Converting)
- December 31, 2007, ... of Memphis's waste sent to the landfill, but the All Aboard campaign will help the city lessen its environmental footprint by recovering these items. What's happening at your company? Send your news to ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2007, ... be in charge of the office. Getting New Power VALHALLA, NY | Fujifilm’s primary US manufacturing complex, located in Greenwood, SC, plans to use methane gas from a local community landfill to power ...
- Reduce & Comply
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2007, ... other hazardous substances and materials” in packaging materials or components to minimize emissions and discharges from incineration or landfill after disposal. Directive 2004/12/EC amended the Packaging ...
- 5 Steps to Green
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2007, ... landfills and forests alike. According to the Environmental Defense Fund and the Alliance for Environmental Innovation, compared to the manufacture of coated virgin fiber paper, recycled paper offers ...
- Be A Good Citizen
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2007, ... weight reduces both shipping costs and landfill space, “but that’s two of the three legs of the ‘triple bottom line.’ “Some people are saying, ‘We think you’re doing this to shift the attention away ...
- Going Thin
- (Slit)
- June 29, 2007, ... and the environment. Theoretically, less energy and material is needed to make these materials, and when it comes to waste, less goes to the landfill. The difficulty with going thin is that problems ...
- Focusing on European Flex-Pack
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2007, ... Katrina, Rita Major increase in focus on sustainability Finite nature of fossil-fuel-based materials Corporate social responsibility Consumers want biodegradable packaging Landfill sites running out ...
- Folding Carton Shows Off
- (Carton Box)
- February 27, 2007, ... through weight reduction, and occupy less landfill space at the end of the product’s life cycle. A counter argument is that paperboard cartons and corrugated media are made from sustainable natural materials ...