The idea that green can be good for your top line as well as your bottom line is not a new concept. I think by now most people understand how sustainability can help reduce costs and increase profits by eliminating waste, minimizing energy use, etc.  What is not quite as easily understood is how sustainability [...]

As most of the country suffers through a record heat wave, droughts are becoming more common worldwide, including here in the USA. Those trends make it an excellent time to remind people about the environmental benefits of using shipping boxes made of recycled corrugated. Water Shortage Is for Real I admit we are a little [...]

With sincere hope and belief that our readers are not going to shoot or even blame the messenger, I have to let everyone know that we received our first price increase notice (this round) earlier this week. Yes, this follows two previous increases earlier this year in March and June, and I will not attempt [...]

Our Sustainable Shipping Boxes and Recycled Mailers Are Now More Sustainable Continuous improvement is a well worn phrase that means a lot of different things to different people. Even though the packaging industry is launching brand new green products on an almost daily basis, this post is more about redesign and enhancement of existing products, [...]

I think most would agree that corrugated board is one of the greenest packaging materials currently available. You can buy it with a high or 100% recycled content and when it is no longer needed, it can easily and readily be recycled to serve another day and another packaging application. Partitions have been rediscovered by [...]

They are known by many names including literature mailers, tuck and fold mailers, shipper boxes and even pizza boxes, but the corrugated die cut mailer is making a big comeback and guess what? It is greener and no longer white. What Makes These Corrugated Mailers Greener? In the past, virgin board was used to make [...]

Those are words usually reserved for describing a mattress or pillow but it this case they are also the best way to describe our new Globe Guard Eco Nest void fill product.  It is very effective, undeniably green, an amazingly simple idea, and quite frankly it handles certain applications better and lower in cost than [...]

The corrugated industry has experienced three significant price decreases since the first of the year. As a result, we have reduced our prices on Globe Guard eco friendly content corrugated boxes. What is a tough time in the corrugated business can be a great time for a green minded company to change over to green [...]

Once in while you get very lucky and find a great vendor partner in your own back yard. That is the case with General Converting, Inc.,  a terrific company in neighboring Bolingbrook, IL that specializes in “green” paperboard packaging. They perfectly complement what we do in corrugated board and we have been fortunate enough to [...]

I have come to believe that every box has a story to tell about the person or company who sent it. I am quite sure that together with the other packaging/shipping materials being used, the box sends a silent but powerful message to the recipient about the shipper. If you are utilizing “used/recycled” boxes are [...]