Tag Archives: sustainable gift packaging

Eco-Friendly Favor Bags for Easter from Nashville Wraps

March 14, 2012 | By Buffie Baril

Being green for Easter just got a lot easier with eco-friendly favor bags from Nashville Wraps. Just fill these with your favorite candies or small gifts for adorable Easter baskets.

Our Nature Flex cello bags are certified biodegradable and compostable and made carbon zero. They are made from wood cellulose fibers sourced with sustainable forestry principles. They meet FDA requirements for direct food contact and are perfect for candies, cookies and other treats. They are available in many sizes and … Read More

Sample Packaging Success Through Innovative Distribution

December 14, 2011 | By Anthony Gentile

At Xela Pack, we occasionally ask our customers to contribute by giving us testimonials about our packaging, or by answering questionnaires that help us better understand and serve them. One thing I’ve noticed is that the companies that profess the greatest enthusiasm for our packaging are also usually the ones that do the most creative things with the samples we provide.

This summer, Xela Pack produced samples for Pure Science and their Jack Black Authentic and Original product line. The … Read More

Giving Green a New Tradition

December 7, 2011 | By Buffie Baril

All the buzz this Holiday Season seems to be about “green gifts.” I even saw an article about this in our local electric company magazine. I really like the idea of giving gifts that don’t impact the environment and that also may be a little more personal than the item we run out and get at the last minute without too much thought as to what the recipient might really like or use. Honestly, these usually end up in the trash, … Read More

New Green Way® Eco Shreds from Nashville Wraps

September 14, 2011 | By Buffie Baril

With the holidays coming up, we want to help you be eco-friendly in your gift giving. That is why we are excited to introduce our new Eco Shreds, made from 100% recycled paper using 100% Green Hydropower. They are part of our Green Way® brand of natural, recycled and sustainable packaging products.

Available in our most popular colors, Eco Shred is an accordion design and works great in offering support to gift baskets and boxes. They come in 10-pound … Read More

Christmas in July at Nashville Wraps

August 3, 2011 | By Buffie Baril

Santa Peppermint Twist Collection square

Christmas comes early in the retail business, and even earlier for gift packaging companies like Nashville Wraps.

Check out our nine new Holiday Collections!

For a sneak peek at Christmas in July, our new Santa Peppermint Twist & Festive Holiday Twist Collections are lighthearted fun with peppermints and polka dots. These paper shopping bags are made in the USA from 50% recycled white Kraft paper, along with 90% recycled gift wrap and 100% recycled tissue paper. This collection also includes coordinating … Read More

Saving Trees One Gift Bag at a Time

May 18, 2011 | By Buffie Baril

Terri Martin wants to change the way people think about reusing gift bags. After digging through her used gift bag pile, she discovered they were neither made in the USA nor constructed of recycled material. That prompted Terri to start a business that made sense for the environment.

Gift ’n Grow offers eco-friendly, 100% recycled paper gift bags made in the USA. To encourage people to reuse the bags, inside each one is an I.D. code to help identify that … Read More

100% Recycled – 100% American – 100% Affordable!

April 13, 2011 | By Buffie Baril

“Blue Birds singing a song, nothing but Blue Birds…”
At Nashville Wraps, we’re singing the popular Irving Berlin tune “Blue Skies” because our new 100% Recycled Blue Bird Berries Collection has been a big hit! It seems to resonate joy and hope with our customers. Many of our customers asked for songbirds on our packaging, and we listened. These Green Way® eco-friendly bags are perfect for Spring and Summer.

Easter & Wedding Packaging

Easter is a just a couple … Read More

Branding Made Easy With Green Packaging Group Teamwork

March 16, 2011 | By Dennis Salazar

Salazar Packaging is a leading designer and supplier of eco-friendly shipping containers including RSC style boxes, corrugated die cut mailers and almost any form of paper or plastic mailing envelopes. Nashville Wraps remains the undisputed champion of green retail and decorative packaging including stock and custom gift boxes, bags and wrapping products like tissue paper.

Both are charter members of Green Packaging Group.com, which has grown into a group of six companies and brands working together to create one … Read More

A Sneak Peek of Green: Spring Packaging 2011

January 19, 2011 | By Buffie Baril

It’s so cold and snowy over half of the country right now, so let’s think about spring! Preview our new Spring Collections to be released in January. Made in the USA, they are all part of our Green Way® line of eco-friendly packaging. Coordinating packaging abounds: gift wrap, gift and shopping bags, reusable canvas bags, tissue paper and ribbons, as well as gourmet, nested and basket boxes.

Love bright colors? The Candy Stripe Daisies Collection is for you. Our 30%

Have a Green Christmas with Eco-Friendly Retail Packaging

December 1, 2010 | By Buffie Baril

This holiday season Nashville Wraps has pulled out all the stops and created our largest line of eco-friendly Christmas retail packaging.

We have 11 Green Way® Christmas designs with something to please everyone from traditional to contemporary, vintage to modern. Nashville Wraps was one of the first retail packaging companies to offer recycled gloss shopping bags and gift wrap.

Our designs range from 30-100% recycled paper content and plastic bags made from 25-100% recycled plastic. In addition to shopping bags and gift wrap, … Read More