We were very pleased when we found out some of our products would be featured in a leading photographic magazine because we never designed them to be photogenic. Though, after we saw our boxes in this month’s issue, we have to agree our boxes look great. Please read Robyn L. Pollman’s article,”Green ‘n’ Groovy,” on page 80.

A die cut mailer with a past

Our stock 11.125”X8.625”X1” is one of the first mailers we created and it was really made for our own internal use to ship out our stock 100% (PCW) recycled content eco-friendly labels. We needed something that could accommodate the 8.5”X11” sheets of labels and protect them from bending. We all know how bent paper runs through laser or ink jets printers, right? When we could not find anything strong and green enough, we decide to make our own. (more…)

January may be known for “white sales” offering the year’s best prices on soft goods such as bedding, sheets and towels. But in January at Salazar Packaging, we like to offer the best pricing you are likely to see in 2012 by offering our customers a “green sale” with a 20% discount on ALL of our Globe Guard® stock eco-friendly packaging products. Just use discount code JAN2012 when checking out at www.GlobeGuardProducts.com. (more…)

From the beginning, our Globe Guard green packaging products have been valued by people eager to reduce waste, as well as minimize their carbon and water footprint. Not surprisingly, many of those same customers have also achieved or are working toward their LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for their buildings and facilities. Now, thanks to the Delta Institute, Globe Guard packaging products will count and help applicants earn points in the “Sustainable Purchasing-Ongoing Consumables” portion of their application. (more…)

We are proud to announce Salazar Packaging was honored at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s (CHCI) Public Policy Conference in Washington D.C. last week.

Our work in the sustainable packaging field including our Globe Guard product line, our patent pending Globe Guard® Reusable Box and the industry first green packaging Web store were recognized by 22 members of Congress and six Cabinet secretaries at the closing plenary session titled “Green Economy, Leading the Way” during the Latino Innovation awards ceremony.

About the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

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Our Green Packaging Newsletter will be coming out next week and it will feature several deals available exclusively for newsletter subscribers. They will not be offered anywhere else or as part of any other promotion. The deals are so good that this offer cannot be combined with any other sale or discount.

Why Are We Offering Sustainable Packaging Bargains?

Our goal is to make our newsletter a great resource for information and to help green minded business people learn about products and methods to save money while delivering a greener package to their customers. Most of what we do has the potential to help reduce costs long term and in some cases, dramatically, but we are also eager to provide immediate savings and positive bottom line results.

To that end, we have decided to offer a minimum of FIVE exclusive deals on every newsletter we publish that will require a promo code and the only place to get that promo code is on our newsletter.

Current Packaging Deals Available with the Newsletter Promo Code:

• 100% PCW recycled content GG 26 – 4” X 4” X 4” RSC style boxes for $3.00 per bundle of 25 boxes.
• 100% PCW recycled content GG 27- 5” X 5” X 5” RSC style boxes for $4.00 per bundle of 25 boxes.
• 100% PCW recycled content GG 38- 9” X 6” X 2” RSC style boxes for $5.00 per bundle of 25 boxes.
• 100% PCW recycled content GG 39- 13” X 13” X 6” RSC boxes for $12.60 per bundle of 25 boxes.
• 100% recycled content GGMT772 – 7” X 7” X 2” die cut, front lock mailer for $16.00 per bundle of 50 boxes.

How to Subscribe to our Globe Guard Products.com Newsletter

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Just go to our New Account/Newsletter Signup page.

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You do not have to buy anything and we promise to not fill your mail box with electronic junk mail. Our newsletter is published approximately every six to eight weeks with brand new, exclusive offers, and that is about the only time you’ll hear from us.

Please call us at 815-609-3600 if you experience any problems signing up or have any questions about us, our products or our newsletter.
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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays,

And wishing you the best and greenest

2010

From your friends at

Salazar Packaging

and Globe Guard Products

Due to popular demand, during the month of September, special order, 100% PCW Globe Guard shipping boxes are now available to you, custom printed with your name, logo, website, etc. at no additional cost when compared to the same box size, unprinted and the same quantity! (Please see details below)

A Great Advertising Opportunity and Value

Your shipping boxes are typically the first tangible thing your customer receives from you and printing makes them very eye catching. As we all seek to find new ways to set ourselves apart and above the competition, branding has become more important than ever before and your boxes are a great way to make a positive, lasting impression.

These days there are few “no cost” advertising opportunities available but this is one of them. Your name and eco message will be highly visible when the box is used and hopefully reused. It also is a great way to send a promotional or seasonal message, once again creating a distinct difference between you and the rest of the world.

“The Details Below”

• Offer is good for one color printed on two panels
• There may be additional cost for printing on other panels or multiple colors
• Offer does not include onetime printing plate charges ( to be quoted after artwork is provided for review)
• Globe Guard Store pricing does not apply to this promotion
• Prior quotes for non-stock, unprinted custom boxes dated 1/1/09 or later will be honored for this promotion

Printing boxes is very affordable, especially at our prices. Only the very first order of printed boxes seems complicated but we will make it as easy as possible for you. Future re-orders are sure to be no more effort for you than ordering plain boxes

Please contact us if you have any questions at all and of course, we still offer a large selection of unprinted 100% PCW stock boxes. If printed boxes are not for you, keep in mind our water activated, custom printed, paper box sealing tape.
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(Note: this post written by Dennis Salazar also appeared on Nashville Wraps blog on July 6th, 2009)

Sustainable Packaging Creates Strange Bedfellows

I may be paraphrasing the old adage about politics but there is absolutely no politics involved in the decision for Nashville Wraps to offer Globe Guard, 100% recycled (PCW) content shipping boxes to their customers. It is really all about good customer service and making it easy for customers to order and receive what they want and need.

Two Different Companies with One, Almost Identical Objective

Most people and their own customers recognize Nashville Wraps as an innovator and leader in their market of decorative, retail and gift packaging. They long ago committed to making their products and company as green as possible and made news in the green and packaging communities with their Green Way® product line.

Our company, Salazar Packaging, Inc. has been working toward the same goal in our product area of green, eco friendly packaging products for secondary (shipping) purposes. We created and trademarked the Globe Guard® line of 100% PCW boxes and began promoting them in 2007. (more…)

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of The Natural Abode as a Globe Guard corrugated box distributor to serve the states of Washington, Oregon, northern California, Idaho, Montana, and Idaho.

The Natural Abode is well established, four year old company and is very familiar with packaging from a user’s perspective. They are also a Green America member, very involved in the green community and their facility in Moscow, Idaho makes them centrally located for the geography they plan to cover.

What This Means to You, the Green Packaging Buyer

We know you expect price and quality and we know our Globe Guard products will not disappoint you in either category. We have also learned that your concerns include product availability, shipping costs and of course, carbon footprint. Shipping low cost, commodity packaging products cross country no longer makes sense and our job is to get the product where you need it, quickly at a reasonable cost, and with absolute minimal carbon footprint left behind. Intelligent logistics and distribution is the key and we are confident The Natural Abode will enable us to meet and exceed your expectations.

Fast, Economical, and Reliable Deliveries to the Pacific Northwest (more…)

I am very happy to announce I am now blogging for Packaging Digest, one of the media leaders covering the packaging industry. Writing for them is a terrific opportunity to reach a different, substantially larger audience and I invite and encourage you to check out their excellent online and print publications.

The Increasingly Crowded Green Blogosphere

The world of eco focused internet blogging has become very crowded as more people and companies are writing about packaging OR about sustainability. Green is an increasingly popular topic because readers are eager to better understand sustainability. Packaging will always be a green focal point for consumers so the growth in interest is to be expected.

In our work as well as in our writing, we strive to be a place where people with an interest in sustainability AND in packaging can learn more about the people and products impacting both.

That is our overall objective on Inside Sustainable Packaging and will be our goal for Common Sense and Sustainability, our new featured blog on Packaging Digest. (more…)