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- Terphane Barrier Films Improve Shelf Life
- (News | New Products)
- July 29, 2020, ... “It is widely known that nearly 40 percent of harvested food goes to landfills, and typical shelf life of fresh products is one or two days. To combat this, a growing segment of convenience-food brand ...
- Glenroy Inc. Formally Announces Company Sustainability Initiative
- (News | New Products)
- July 16, 2020, ... 30 percent, and kept more than 3 million pounds of material out of landfills annually. “The team at Glenroy is committed to developing products that are better for the environment and producing them ...
- Plastics, Packaging and the Environment
- (Flexpack)
- June 29, 2020, ... packaging is in fact the lightest form of packaging, accounting for just a small percentage of landfill waste. Despite these and many other benefits that food packaging provides, consumer perception of ...
- Be Part of the Circular Economy by Opting for Cortec® Recyclable Moisture-Barrier Paper and Linerboard
- (News | New Products)
- April 28, 2020, ... that can be repulped and made into other paper products, rather than going directly to the landfill after their first use. For the many users of moisture barrier packaging, this presents a special challenge, ...
- Plastics, Packaging and the Environment
- (Flexography)
- April 22, 2020, ... is in fact the lightest form of packaging, accounting for just a small percentage of landfill waste. Despite these and many other benefits that food packaging provides, consumer perception of plastics, ...
- PFFC’s Companies to Watch
- (Flexpack)
- April 09, 2020, ... much packaging as needed is produced, less is thrown away only to end up in a landfill. “Additionally, we offer recyclable and PCR based films and are engaged in R&D around compostable films as well. ...
- Metallized Packaging Advancements From Terphane
- (News | New Products)
- April 06, 2020, ... further provided evidence that pouches have a more efficient product / packaging rate and occupy less space in landfills than other types of packaging. Additional Metallized Flexible Packaging Benefits ...
- Diamond Packaging Wins Three Awards in 76th Annual Paperboard Packaging Competition
- (Print)
- November 24, 2019, ... entries were designed utilizing recyclable paperboards and manufactured using 100 percent clean, renewable wind energy, in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) facility. Diamond won an Excellence Award in ...
- Charter NEX Joins the Alliance to End Plastic Waste
- (News | New Products)
- November 23, 2019, ... evaluated by EcoVadis − a trusted provided of sustainability ratings and intelligence. In 2019, Charter NEX achieved the milestone of diverting more than a million pounds of waste to landfill and plans ...
- Driving Flexible Packaging
- (Flexpack)
- November 07, 2019, ... and homes annually. This can be harmful for the environment being that food makes up to 20 percent of landfill weight, it is the single largest municipal waste source, and the methane released by food ...
- Sustainable Winding: Reduce, Reuse, Rewind
- (Web Handling)
- July 21, 2019, ... COO at Norkol, Inc. Reducing waste is a common goal of paper converters. The less damaged paper manufacturers send to a landfill, the more product is shipped off to customers instead by utilizing ...
- Suck it up Paper
- (News | New Products)
- July 07, 2019, ... a day from landfills and waterways—that's 100 million straws each year. Starbucks was another who professed it would ban disposable plastic straws at all its stores by 2020 last July. And following its ...
- Colbert Packaging Celebrates 60th Anniversary Milestone
- (News | New Products)
- June 10, 2019, ... Colbert has invested in renewable energy credits in the form of wind energy and has initiated a zero manufacturing waste to landfill program. With extensive R&D capabilities and a solid reputation for ...
- Sustain the World: the Case for Flexible Packaging
- (Case Studies)
- May 06, 2019, ... ratio, as well as the amount of packaging material going to the landfill when compared to other packaging formats for the same products. Flexible packaging offers exceptional environmental benefits to ...
- Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Laundry Detergent Pods — A LCA Case Study
- (Case Studies)
- May 01, 2019, ... as the amount of packaging material going to the landfill when compared to other packaging formats for the same products. The use of single-dose pods has become a popular method for packaging laundry ...
- Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Drink Pouch — A LCA Case Study
- (Case Studies)
- May 01, 2019, ... as the amount of packaging material going to the landfill when compared to other packaging formats for the same products. Beverages are sold in a wide variety of packaging formats based on their volume, ...
- Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry
- (Label/Tape)
- April 21, 2019, ... will require 20 percent of petroleum production within the next 35 years -- up from 6 percent in 2014. More than 80 percent of that plastic ends up in landfills, incinerators or sensitive environments. ...
- Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Motor Oil — A LCA Case Study
- (News | New Products)
- April 16, 2019, ... usage, water usage, product-to-package ratio, as well as the amount of packaging material going to the landfill when compared to other packaging formats for the same products. Motor oil has traditionally ...
- Polyurethane Ink Resins for Flexible Packaging – Current and Future Needs
- (Flexography)
- April 01, 2019, ... The benefits they provide include improved shelf life, lower transportation costs, reduced material consumption and landfill contribution. This format is cost effective and offers a great marketing opportunity ...
- FPA Launches New Consumer Website
- (News | New Products)
- March 10, 2019, ... landfills. In the U.S., approximately 50% of flexible packaging can easily be recycled through in-store drop-off programs. Single layer polyethylene (PE) films can be recycled, but often must be dropped ...