Sustainable Packaging & Paper
Sustainable packaging and paper uses minimized packaging and more recyclable materials such as papers that can be re-pulped and reused. If recycling is not feasible, biodegradable materials that quickly break down and biodegrade in landfills are utilized.
Kmart, Supervalu, 6 Other Supermarkets Drop APP Toilet Paper over Forest Concerns
Kmart, Kroger, BI-LO, Harris Teeter, Supervalu, Weis Markets, Brookshire Grocery Company and Delhaize Group (owner of Food Lion) have all decided to stop carrying ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star, LEED, FSC Chain of Custody, ESG Sovereign Ratings
Mitsubishi's 75-inch LaserVue television was named Energy Star Most Efficient for 2012, placing it among the top energy-efficient televisions 55-inches or larger sold in ...
Oasis Calls on Customers to Audit Its Paper Sustainability
Oasis Brands has invited leading U.S. grocery chains to audit its Indonesia-sourced tissue products, including materials sourced from Asia Pulp & Paper.
In a letter ...
Green Bay Packaging Discusses Sustainability Efforts
In the fall of 2011, RMI in partnership with Baltimore County's Office of Sustainability, under a U.S. Department of Energy Grant, ...
DuPont Film ‘Cuts Energy and Waste’
Appliance manufacturer Miele is among the first to use new DuPont packaging film that both saves energy and reduces waste, the companies say.
The ...
Environmental Logos and Certifications for Paper, Part II
In yesterday's post I wrote about the rationale behind eco-logos and illustrated the difference between self-generated claims and certifications. Now ...
Intertek, Fost Plus Launch Packaging Life-Cycle Tool
Intertek, a provider of quality and safety services to businesses, and Beligian nonprofit Fost Plus have developed a packaging life-cycle analysis tool.
Pack4ecodesign offers guidelines for eco-friendly ...
Office Depot Recycling Earnings up 37%; CO2 Down 11%
In 2010 Office Depot earned $2.43 million from recycling, up 37% from 2009, according to its 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report.
The company, which has ...
Coke Improves Water Efficiency for 8th Straight Year
In 2010, Coca-Cola improved its water use efficiency for the eighth consecutive year, with a ratio of 2.26 liters of water per liter of ...
Mercer Plans Steam Turbine for German Plant
Pulp company Mercer International Inc. has announced a project to increase production and efficiency through initiatives including the installation of ...
APP Commits to 18% Cut in Energy, Water by 2015
A group of 77 paper businesses including Asia Pulp & Paper have signed an initiative committing themselves to energy-saving and emission-reduction targets set by the ...
UT Employees Kick the Can
The University of Texas is testing a program to reduce waste ...
OCTAL Polyester Sheet Cuts Carbon by 25%
OCTAL Petrochemical's DPET product, the world's first direct-to-sheet polyester sheet, has a carbon footprint 25 percent lower than conventional APET packaging materials, it has emerged.
DPET ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: BPI Compostable Logo, 2012 IgCC, WEEE, LEED, ISO 50001
The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) "Compostable Logo" effort will now be administered by NSF International. The NSF will verify claims of compostability in large-scale composting facilities, ...
Sustainable Green Printing Certification
Sustainable Green Printing Partnership discusses certification.
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Rainforest Alliance, LEED, Clean Truck Program, Green Mill Index
Caribou Coffee coffees and espresso are now all sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, and it is the first major U.S. coffeehouse to meet this ...
New Green Packaging Products From Sealed Air, Linpac
Packaging manufacturers Sealed Air and Linpac have each launched products made of 95 percent "green" materials.
Sealed Air's PakNatural (pictured) is a "packing peanut"-type product ...
Plastics Today Reveals 2012 Packaging Predictions
Consumers should expect higher quantities of recycled materials in packaging and less access to single-use plastic carrier bags and bottles in the coming year, ...
Most Read Paper and Packaging Stories of 2011
Every day this week we'll be looking at a different aspect of environmental and sustainability management and counting down the top stories that grabbed ...
McDonald's Works to Mainstream Sustainability Across Global Supply Chain
McDonald has released its 2011 Global Sustainability Scorecard, indicating its progress to improving healthy eating choices on its menu (with fruit) but also its ...
