Comments on: Is Your Secondary Packaging Really Green? http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/sustainable-products/is-your-secondary-packaging-really-green/ Industry News and Perspective Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mike Frinsko http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/sustainable-products/is-your-secondary-packaging-really-green/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Mike Frinsko Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:17:05 +0000 http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/?p=57#comment-591 Folks: Please forward a link(s) for "green" seafood packaging. I'm working with a shrimp cooperative that is producing sustainably and wishes their packaging to reflect this commitment. Thanks Folks:

Please forward a link(s) for “green” seafood packaging. I’m working with a shrimp cooperative that is producing sustainably and wishes their packaging to reflect this commitment.

Thanks

]]> By: Phil White http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/sustainable-products/is-your-secondary-packaging-really-green/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Phil White Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:17:08 +0000 http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/?p=57#comment-41 Dennis, We have visited corrugated recycling plants and did you know that while water activated tapes are readily recycled, plastic tapes(specifically the films) are seldom if ever recycled. The film is removed from the carton and collected and sent to landfills. It takes more energy to actually recycle plastic tape film than its worth accounting to our visits. Image all that tape film landing in out landfills while paper tapes are recycled and recycled. Dennis,
We have visited corrugated recycling plants and did you know that while water activated tapes are readily recycled, plastic tapes(specifically the films) are seldom if ever recycled. The film is removed from the carton and collected and sent to landfills. It takes more energy to actually recycle plastic tape film than its worth accounting to our visits. Image all that tape film landing in out landfills while paper tapes are recycled and recycled.

]]> By: Green Packaging News Wrapup | Melodies in Marketing http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/sustainable-products/is-your-secondary-packaging-really-green/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Green Packaging News Wrapup | Melodies in Marketing Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:36:14 +0000 http://blog.salazarpackaging.com/?p=57#comment-37 [...] state of affairs, gives some terminology, consumer perceptions, and some paths forward. . . . Dennis Salazar on Green Secondary Packaging - It appears that greenwashing and vague statements also pervade in the packaging world. Dennis [...] [...] state of affairs, gives some terminology, consumer perceptions, and some paths forward. . . . Dennis Salazar on Green Secondary Packaging – It appears that greenwashing and vague statements also pervade in the packaging world. Dennis [...]

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