You may have noticed the buzz growing about “green” weddings. Many brides today want to not only have a beautiful wedding but be environmentally friendly with their choices.
Nashville Wraps has plenty of beautiful eco-friendly wedding gift wrap and pretty bags along with wedding favor packaging.
You can give each guest a flower bulb tucked into a 100% recycled kraft box and tie the knot with paper raffia. Or go all-out and have your monogram printed on… Read More
I am often times asked about the greenness of the plastic tapes we offer on our Web store site and the honest answer is really, not much.
One of our products, the #500 clear industrial carton sealing tape is heavy duty and offers a natural rubber-based adhesive so theoretically you might use less of it to properly seal your boxes and using a natural adhesive is always better than an acrylic or synthetic adhesive. However, there is really very… Read More
On August 31, 2010 the California Senate rejected AB 1998, a proposal to eliminate single use plastic bags. The ban, which passed the Assembly in June, would have eliminated single use plastic bags in grocery stores and pharmacies, starting in 2012 and in liquor and convenience stores in 2013. The proposal also included $2M in grants/loans for green businesses.
Why did this proposal fail? What do we learn? And how does this affect green packaging going forward?
Why… Read More
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… Read More
Custom Handmade Packaging to Increase Visibility of Your Green Product
It is truly rewarding for me to see our clients beating this economic downturn. Green business is good and growing rapidly. A large part our satisfaction comes from the fact that we are part of our client’s successful “green product recipe.” Their packaging, designed and produced by Distant Village, has contributed toward their growth and sales. I would like to share some insight to their success with you.
First and foremost, these clients are focused on sustainable or eco leadership in… Read More