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Recycled, Repurposed and Reused Packaging is Red Hot!

September 1, 2010 | By Dennis Salazar

Sometimes the lines between different sustainability terms are rather fuzzy, but in this case they are fairly clear.

Recyclable Packaging

This is packaging that can be recycled, in most cases reprocessed and ideally remanufactured to create more of the same product. When you recycle a corrugated box and it is collected in for example a curb side recycling program it usually winds up being re-pulped and made into more paper which can be turned into corrugated board and eventually into “new” corrugated boxes.

Our Globe Guard® boxes are a great example of this process since they are made of 100% post consumer waste recycled corrugated and if disposed of properly, they can go through the recycling and re-pulping cycle again with the end result… Read More

Three Tips to Improve Revenue through Sustainable Packaging

August 25, 2010 | By Rich Cohen

How does your company use packaging to communicate your sustainable message? For more than 10 years we have pioneered and proven that sustainable packaging is ‘green gold.’

Top 3 Value Drivers of Sustainable Packaging

• Authenticity. Our experience proves that consumers interested in sustainable products do their research. And, it’s becoming increasingly easier for anyone to sniff out a greenwasher, a fake. Every packaging company is on the green bandwagon now. Be sure to demonstrate your sustainable position in everything you do, including packaging.

• Reliability. Be sure to choose sustainable packaging which performs at the same or better levels of its non-sustainable packaging counterpart. Sustainable packaging gets no free passes.

• Be Transparent about Sustainability. The direct and simple approach to communicating sustainability… Read More

Recycling is the Key to a True Green future for Retailers

August 18, 2010 | By Buffie Baril

Plastic bags are easy to hate, but when they are recycled properly they become “green” gold: A real, long-term, sustainable solution whose time has come, and is in fact already working in Southern California.

Trash goes in – new plastic material comes out. That’s the way it’s done in Vernon, California at Command Packaging’s recycling center, a Nashville Wraps Green Way® supplier. Plastics are collected from a variety of industrial and consumer sources and brought into the recycling center as raw materials. These materials would otherwise be destined for the landfill.

I have literally taken trashed plastic bags and put them into a recycling machine, and less that 45 minutes later saw new bags being made from the old.

Watch a quick video about how easy it… Read More

Save Time and Money with Eco Friendly Mailers

August 11, 2010 | By Dennis Salazar

This may be unexpected from a company that spends so much time creating and marketing our Globe Guard® 100% PCW, RSC shipping boxes, but there are many situations when the best “box” for the job is not a box at all. For those products and applications we carry an assortment of different types and styles of mailer products:

Corrugated Lock Front and Tuck Top Mailers

These die cut corrugated designs are ideal when the goal is to deliver a product in a reusable, more attractive, container. They deliver your product in more of a presentation box style container rather than a standard RSC (regular slotted container) with the usual four flaps on top and bottom. Corrugated mailers are typically stronger as well because the way they are formed creates… Read More

What’s in that Bag?

August 4, 2010 | By Ellen Ornato

What does the term “green packaging” mean in the reusable bag marketplace? Here at ECOBAGS.com we evaluate bags & packaging materials based on the following parameters:

• Quality, durability, country of origin and third party certification for fair wage and fair labor standards.
• The chemical processes used to create the products.
• The degree to which the base materials for the bags are compostable, biodegradable or reusable.

It’s easy to see why market confusion exists about “green” products & packaging. Our clients for stock & custom packaging items are very diverse so basic definitions often help, as a guide to selecting “green” or “eco-friendly” packaging. Take a look at these definitions and terms for products in the reusable bag category.

Organic Cotton: Virgin… Read More