…However, for those of you looking to go above and beyond, Lance Hosey over at GreenBlue has provided a list of his personal favorites; books that have influenced his thinking on sustainability. The list covers all sorts of topics, including globalization, deep ecology, and humanity’s connection to nature, while also ranging in years from 1967 to 2010. Metropolis Magazine
I was recently cleaning out my tennis bag and discovered an impressive collection of old tennis balls and ball canisters from last fall. As a member of the packaging community, my first question was, “How can I keep these out of the landfill?” Packaging Digest
…“In general,” says Katherine O’Dea, senior fellow with GreenBlue, a nonprofit organization that includes the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, “Packaging is the consumer interface so the easiest way to get consumers’ attention in this regard is with the words recycled content and recyclable. Recycled content speaks volumes about being green,” she says, adding that packages made of recycled materials and those that can be recycled are today’s key trends because consumers understand (or think they understand) these terms. Beauty Packaging
The topic of sustainable packaging is making its way to the forefront of store brands executives’ minds because it can present both cost and environmental advantages. Store Brands Decisions, in collaboration with GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), presented “Sustainability for Store Brands Packaging,” a three-hour seminar that co-located with the recent Store Brands Decisions Innovation & Marketing Summit. Store Brands Decisions
…To help increase awareness among consumers, the FFRG is working with the Sustainable Packaging Coalition to develop a “Store Drop-off” label specifically for flexible plastic packaging. Plastics Today
As a brief review of Economics 101, a free market is one where prices are determined by supply and demand. In the past several years, we have seen a steady rise in the price of many commodities, most notably oil, metals and the products that are in turn impacted by these price increases. Packaging Digest
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) has announced the final agenda for its Spring Meeting 2012, the group’s largest annual event and one of the longest running sustainable packaging conferences. Green Retail Decisions
Price fluctuation, demand exceeding supply and fibre strength are the main concerns for the US food packaging industry using recycled paper fibre, says research. Food Production Daily
GreenBlue is marking its first decade as a nonprofit sustainability-watchdog by looking ahead to its next. And it plans to mark the milestonewith a series of articles about the future of sustainability, products and business. Custom Home
Guidelines for Recycled Content in Paper and Paperboard Packaging outlines opportunities to use recycled content in 20 common retail packaging applications, including shopping and take-out bags, cereal boxes, toothbrush blister packs, software boxes, and coffee canisters. Green Retail Decisions