The Globe Guard® mailer envelope line is now complete with the addition of our new unpadded poly mailers. We can now offer paper mailers in both padded and unpadded construction, as well as plastic mailers in padded and unpadded versions. To make this news even better, our brand new product is available at 20% off [...]

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 [...]

Please understand the above unflattering description of our padded paper mailers is not my own but one expressed regularly by customers. “Please send me two more cases of those ugly padded mailers,” is a request we’ve heard on several occasions. However, our customers love them for their inner beauty, because if you look past the [...]

It’s difficult to believe that we’ve been doing this for three years, but this week marks the third anniversary of the launch of our popular blog. In 2008, our then-marketing director Brad Shorr urged us to blog and share what we know and what we do, with the world. I reluctantly agreed, even though operating [...]

If you live in an area like ours that seemed to experience an especially long and harsh winter, you are probably as excited as we are to see spring has finally arrived. Soon we’re likely to be complaining about the extreme summer heat and struggling to keep cold things cold, such as beverages, food, etc. [...]

Year-end clearance is over, and we are now back to offering on sale the items YOU want to buy, not the items we are eager to move out. One of the most popular product areas has been our fast growing assortment of mailer envelopes. We are pleased to offer three different types, each with a [...]

The people who make Quaker Oats Oatmeal and Pringles Potato Chips will tell you paper tube packaging has worked effectively for them for many years. Ironically, when they made the decision to use this type of container for their primary, retail packaging, it is unlikely the driving force was sustainability, but today it is considered [...]

Every bundle or pallet load of Globe Guard boxes we ship out is wrapped in our Globe Guard stretch film. Occasionally, we receive an email or call asking us how we can possibly wrap and ship a product as green as our Globe Guard 100% PCW, recycled content boxes in an un-green material like plastic. [...]

Recently I wrote a post for Green Biz where I shared my perspective on the state of green at Pack Expo and I mentioned a specific manufacturer with what I thought was an excellent new product. I am pleased to announce that new product is now available from Salazar Packaging and Globe Guard products. The [...]

Franklin Goose is a wonderfully creative company with a flagship brick and mortar store in Richmond, Virginia and a great web store as well. They offer a huge variety of green children’s products, described as “Everything for your organic baby and family” We did not realize just how creative they were until we noticed their [...]