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As companies realize the cost and environmental savings from reimagining how they package and ship their products, it seems that the days of wasteful packaging are drawing to a close. From using only the most minimal packaging to bio-based materials replacing plastics and other non-renewable materials, this section explores how business is innovating to get the most efficiency out of their packaging.
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A detailed counterpoint to Marc Gunther’s recent article, In Defense of the Plastic Bag.
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Strips that absorb the gas that accelerates fruit ripening are being tested by Marks & Spencer and Tesco in the hopes of slashing food and packaging waste....
Plastic hangers, buckets and trays are being recycled to make the handles for a greener version of the Xtreme3 razor....
All cell phones sold through Sprint must go through the certification process for the UL-ISR 110 standard, although it's likely that all phones won't meet the standard, which Sprint helped......
The final report in GreenBlue's Closing the Loop project scours the globe in search of best practices for maximizing the recovery of used packaging....
A detailed counterpoint to Marc Gunther’s recent article, In Defense of the Plastic Bag. ...
The two-year-old beverage industry race to bring 100 percent plant-based -- and recyclable -- bottles to market continues with Coca-Cola's announcement today that it has launched three strategic......
GI Joe has been green since 1964, when the action figure first went into battle for toymaker Hasbro. Now the plastic and cardboard package he comes in will be environmentally-friendly, too....
The company plans to transform its packaging for toys and games, turning to material with more recycled content, according to green goals detailed today....
The process of creating our first comprehensive CSR Report has been an eye-opening experience....
Hasbro's new paper packaging policy follows commitments from Mattel and Lego, months after Greenpeace assailed the toymakers for their ties to a controversial supplier....
Eighteen months after I first profiled Cisco's efforts to cut their packaging waste -- and save big bucks in the process -- I got a chance to see if the project is thriving or struggling....
The first-ever chief sustainability officer at the beverage giant discusses what it's like to be the first to hold the CSO role at Coke, why the company is excited about the PlantBottle, and the...
Method is trying to deliver an anti-pollution message with a new recycled bottle that contains plastic trash from the sea, but can the new "ocean bottle" also deliver a profit?
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Method, the company that used green chemistry to turn age-old concepts for making and marketing soap on their head, has come up with another innovation that explodes a long-held idea -- that the...
The telecommunications giants said yesterday it will begin using sugarcane-based plastic in packaging for its branded wireless accessories, such as cell phone cases and power cords that hit the......
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition puts a bigger emphasis on a package's lifecycle impacts with its updated definition of sustainable packaging....
Companies competing to outdo their rivals on sustainability has innumerable benefits for the economy and the environment, but rapid innovation can pose a number of challenges to their suppliers......
Recent headlines are making us wonder whether the battle against plastic bags is getting tougher to fight because of circumstance or by design....
The Plastic Disclosure Project will ask companies and institutions how much plastic they use, how much is recycled and whether they are taking steps to reduce plastic use....
Although drink companies opposes can and bottle desposits -- which create the highest recycling rates -- there's tenative support for recycling programs funded by industry....
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