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.

SCA Achieves First Zero-Waste-To-Landfill Plant in North America

SCA Achieves First Zero-Waste-To-Landfill Plant in North AmericaSCA announced its first zero-waste-to-landfill manufacturing plant in North America. The plant, in Bowling Green, Ky., manufactures SCA's Tena line of incontinence products. The facility, which opened ...

April 2, 2012

Danone Developing Bio-Based Bottles with Avantium

Danone Developing Bio-Based Bottles with AvantiumDanone, the global food and drinks manufacturer, has partnered with biotech company Avantium to produce bio-based plastic bottles made from renewable material that ...

March 30, 2012

Kimberly-Clark to Launch Bamboo Toilet Paper

Kimberly-Clark to Launch Bamboo Toilet PaperKimberly-Clark's U.K. line of Andrex toilet tissue will launch Andrex Eco, made with 90 percent recycled fiber and 10 percent bamboo, the company said. All ...

March 28, 2012

Enhancing Sustainability through Responsible Supplier Partnerships

Enhancing Sustainability through Responsible Supplier PartnershipsIn most environmental preferable purchasing (EPP) programs, the policies primarily focus on the end product because that is easier to see, manipulate and ...

March 27, 2012

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: ASHRAE Guideline 32, Cool Planet, e-Stewards, Greenguard, FSC

Standards & Compliance Briefing: ASHRAE Guideline 32, Cool Planet, e-Stewards, Greenguard, FSCASHRAE's newly published Guideline 32-2012: Sustainable, High Performance Operation and Maintenance aims to give facility managers guidance on operation and maintenance of buildings to ...

March 27, 2012

Starbucks, Stonyfield Paying Own Recycling Costs as Local Authorities Struggle

Starbucks, Stonyfield Paying Own Recycling Costs as Local Authorities StruggleFood and drink companies such as Starbucks are increasingly bearing the costs of recycling their own packaging, which they then turn into new products, according ...

March 27, 2012

Liberty Paper Mill to Self-Power with Anaerobic Digester

Liberty Paper Mill to Self-Power with Anaerobic DigesterLiberty Paper's mill in Becker, Minn., is expected to completely self-power using a $15 million water pretreatment plant with bio-gas generator, writes the Minneapolis ...

March 22, 2012

HP Lightweight Paper Targets 22% Raw Material Reduction

HP Lightweight Paper Targets 22% Raw Material ReductionHewlett-Packard is introducing a lightweight paper designed to reduce the environmental impact of printing and paper storage by up to 22 percent. HP Paper Thin will ...

March 22, 2012

Unilever Asks for Help on Environmental Projects

Unilever Asks for Help on Environmental ProjectsUnilever's Open Innovation team has launched an online platform seeking technical solutions for reducing its environmental impact while doubling the size of its business. The ...

March 21, 2012

The Benefits of Life Cycle Analysis

The Benefits of Life Cycle AnalysisAssessing sustainability is a pursuit rife with complexity and subjectivity. One tool that I have seen that is useful in navigating this ...

March 21, 2012

Nestle Easter Eggs’ 100% Recyclable Packaging Saves 726 Tons of Plastic Waste

Nestle Easter Eggs’ 100% Recyclable Packaging Saves 726 Tons of Plastic WasteNestle UK & Ireland has converted to 100 percent recyclable packaging on its Easter egg confectioneries by replacing rigid plastic with cardboard. The move is ...

March 20, 2012

Green Mountain College To Buy Back its Own Recyclables Under Closed Loop System

Green Mountain College To Buy Back its Own Recyclables Under Closed Loop SystemGreen Mountain College in Poultney, Vt., will buy products upcycled from its own waste under a new sustainability initiative from Casella Waste Systems. The Power of ...

March 19, 2012

GRI Releases Sustainability Taxonomy, Public Comments on G4

GRI Releases Sustainability Taxonomy, Public Comments on G4The Global Reporting Initiative has released a taxonomy for tagging sustainability data in reports and has released the results of the first public comment period ...

March 12, 2012

The Business Case for Product Sustainability

The Business Case for Product SustainabilityGlobal directives, national initiatives, state, and local regulations are all affecting what companies should or should not use in their products.  Additional pressure is ...

March 5, 2012

Johnson & Johnson Expands Green Product Range

Johnson & Johnson Expands Green Product RangeJohnson & Johnson now has 30 products in its Earthwards portfolio of environmentally conscious health care and pharmaceutical products. The company added 19 products to the ...

March 2, 2012

Xerox, Barnes & Noble, Walmart Complicit in Pulping Protected Tree, Greenpeace Says

Xerox, Barnes & Noble, Walmart Complicit in Pulping Protected Tree, Greenpeace SaysXerox, National Geographic, Danone, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and many other companies are using illegal wood pulp from an internationally protected tree species, according to ...

March 2, 2012

Best Practices in Communicating about Sustainability

Best Practices in Communicating about SustainabilityWhile sustainability initiatives have boomed in recent years, many companies are still seeking help in developing strategy and others are struggling ...

March 1, 2012

EL Pro Xpedx Surpasses Sustainability Goals, Sets More

Xpedx Surpasses Sustainability Goals, Sets MoreDistribution company Xpedx exceeded its sustainability goals on recycling and the Energy Star certification of its facilities in 2011, and has pledged new goals for ...

March 1, 2012

BioMass Packaging Launches Compostable Cup Range

BioMass Packaging Launches Compostable Cup RangeBioMass Packaging has added modular, single-serve cups and lids to its line of compostable food service products. Greenware cups (pictured) and lids are made entirely from ...

March 1, 2012

SC Johnson Expands Concentrated Cleaning Products Range

SC Johnson Expands Concentrated Cleaning Products RangeHousehold products manufacturer SC Johnson has expanded the range of concentrated refills for its cleaning products. The refills, branded as SC Johnson's "Mini" line, allow customers ...

February 29, 2012