What’s in a package? If you are like many of the leading brands and consumer packaged goods companies thinking about packaging sustainability, there’s probably some recycled content in your package. And, if your packaging is fiber-based, figuring out how to optimize recycled content might just get a little easier with the release of GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s Guidelines for the Use of Recycled Content in Fiber … More
Guidelines for Recycled Content in Paper and Paperboard Packaging Identifies Solutions for Overcoming Technical Challenges and Meeting Performance Requirements CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, March 1, 2012 – Recognizing the growing interest in increasing recycled content in packaging as a sustainability strategy, GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition has released a report on the opportunities and challenges for using recycled fiber in packaging. Guidelines for Recycled Content in Paper and … More
Findings from a series of recent Official Food Control Authority Laboratory reports coming out of Switzerland have raised concerns over mineral oil migration occurring in packaging made with recycled content. The reports focused on technical grade oils that are largely linked to inks used in newspapers entering the recycling stream. This research builds on previous studies suggesting that technical grade mineral oils pose health concerns … More
As the newest member of the GreenBlue team, I thought I should introduce myself and look back on my first month as a Project Associate working primarily with the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. A Bit About Me: As part of my graduate studies in Resource Economics and Policy at the University of Maine, I spent the better part of the last two and a half years … More
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) has released a report on the opportunities and challenges for using recycled content in plastic packaging applications. Guidelines for Increasing Post Consumer Recycled Content in Plastic Packaging addresses common issues and strategies for increasing recycled content in plastic packaging applications. More