Comments on: What is Secondary Packaging? http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/sustainable-perspective/what-is-secondary-packaging/ Industry News and Perspective Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Do small businesses matter? « Waste Aware Business Blog http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/sustainable-perspective/what-is-secondary-packaging/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Do small businesses matter? « Waste Aware Business Blog Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:44:05 +0000 http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/?p=40#comment-632 [...] food shop in Edinburgh), from 2006-2008, and I made the choice to recycle the cardboard (mainly the secondary packaging around the produce I sold). It cost me around £8 a week to have it collected separately from my [...] [...] food shop in Edinburgh), from 2006-2008, and I made the choice to recycle the cardboard (mainly the secondary packaging around the produce I sold). It cost me around £8 a week to have it collected separately from my [...]

]]> By: Dennis Salazar http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/sustainable-perspective/what-is-secondary-packaging/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Dennis Salazar Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:24:56 +0000 http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/?p=40#comment-13 Well put Brian and I agree with you - it all begins with a complete application review. We will usually refuse to quote on packaging materials based on the current supplier's specs or the prospect's current usage because all that does is perpetuate the mistakes of the past. Sustainable improvements and savings rarely result through a blind bidding process. Thanks for your input and for visiting our blog. Dennis Well put Brian and I agree with you – it all begins with a complete application review. We will usually refuse to quote on packaging materials based on the current supplier’s specs or the prospect’s current usage because all that does is perpetuate the mistakes of the past. Sustainable improvements and savings rarely result through a blind bidding process.

Thanks for your input and for visiting our blog.

Dennis

]]> By: Brian http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/sustainable-perspective/what-is-secondary-packaging/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Brian Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:37:05 +0000 http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/?p=40#comment-12 The packaging is to make sure the shipping companies do not crush a corner, or worst yet damage the product. The design of the package is to with stand normal shipping cycles as stated by the manufacture. Whe is goes to eaches and the consumer won't pay for something that could have been damgaed, because of shipping. At Ernest Packaging Soultions we have spend years working with our customer to try and reduce the packaging. Yes reduce. In almost every case they are over packaging. The study is never done on why? It was because the last guy did it this way. Simple Conditioning of everyone in the chain The packaging is to make sure the shipping companies do not crush a corner, or worst yet damage the product. The design of the package is to with stand normal shipping cycles as stated by the manufacture. Whe is goes to eaches and the consumer won’t pay for something that could have been damgaed, because of shipping. At Ernest Packaging Soultions we have spend years working with our customer to try and reduce the packaging. Yes reduce. In almost every case they are over packaging. The study is never done on why? It was because the last guy did it this way.
Simple Conditioning of everyone in the chain

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