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 [...]

A quick look at today’s headlines or the nearest gas pump confirms oil prices are on a steep rise, which ultimately impacts natural gas and plastic resin prices as well as everything we buy or use that contains plastic. Experts tell us there is no end in sight, so as we see plastic packaging going [...]

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. [...]

From a sustainable packaging standpoint, securing boxes to a pallet for shipment is a choice of lesser evils. Among the leading options – steel strapping, polyester strapping, polypropylene strapping, and stretch wrap – stretch wrap is probably best, since it normally requires the least amount of mass per application. How to Make Stretch Wrap Film [...]

Image by Jesse Wagstaff via Flickr Late last year I was walking through a green product show and came to an abrupt stop when I saw a sign in a booth offering “biodegradable stretch film”. I eagerly inquired about the product but my excitement quickly turned in to disappointment when I realized the stretch film [...]