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Sustainable Packaging & Paper

Disneyland Gets Green Makeover

Disneyland has made a number of green changes that it says has saved the park $60 million over the past 10 years, mostly through reducing the amount of paper used, MSNBC reports. Earlier this week, Disneyland re-launched one of its oldest attractions, the submarine ride, nine years after it emptied the lagoon. The ride still uses all eight original submarines,

Rolling Stone Opts For Carbon Neutral Paper, Not Recycled

Rolling Stone is devoting its June 28 issue to global warming, but it's facing criticism over not using recycled paper, The New York Times reports. The magazine is announcing that it will be printed on what's called “carbon neutral paper� from Catalyst Paper which is made through a process that the magazine claims adds no carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

PCA Gets SFI Certification

Packaging Corporation of America has received Sustainable Forestry Initiative certification for its primary mills and its network of corrugated combining plants. “The Sustainable Forestry Initiative and these certifications are important elements in providing environmentally responsible packaging to our customers,� commented Paul Stecko, Chairman and CEO, Packaging Corporation of America...

USPS Touts Higher Environmental Standards

The U.S. Postal Service has received cradle to cradle certification at the silver level from MBDC for human and environmental health. According to USPS, it's the only mailing or shipping company in the nation to receive this certification. To receive the certification, MBDC reviews specific criteria to assess the environmental attributes of materials used in products. MBDC examined 60 packaging

Private Industry’s Green Purchasing Impacts Suppliers, Consumers

Companies like Wal-Mart, FedEx, Home Depot and Office Depot are flexing their corporate environmental power, extending their green policies beyond their own operations to impact suppliers and consumers, according to Medill Reports. While individual consumers’ purchasing habits have proven slow and difficult to change, private industry has...

Companies Step Up Efforts To Trim Packaging

With Wal-Mart Stores helping to push a repackaging trend along by encouraging its 66,000 suppliers to reduce their packaging starting next year as part of its goal of cutting overall packaging five percent by 2013, companies are beginning to look at packaging, or the lack thereof, as a competitive advantage, Associated Press reports. Already, more than 3,100 vendors have used


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