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Flexible packaging, gravure printing reports ahead
The spring 2012 meeting, trade show and conference session kicks into gear this week with the Flexible Packaging Assn. annual meeting in Scottsdale, AZ. Watch for my followup report next Monday. In the meantime, follow my tweets live from the … Continue reading
Posted in flexible packaging, labels, package printing, paper/paperboard/cartons, sustainability
Tagged boxes, cartons, converting, corrugated, flexible packaging, flexible packaging materials, gravure, labels, packaging, packaging market, paperboard packaging, plastic film, printing, sealed air corp, source reduction, sustainability
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A roadmap for more effective packaging recycling in the US
Recognizing the limitations of the US waste management system, where only about one third of all municipal solid waste is recovered by recycling or composting, GreenBlue® released a report yesterday that assesses a variety of material-recovery systems around the world … Continue reading
Posted in flexible packaging, labels, paper/paperboard/cartons, sustainability
Tagged boxes, cartons, corrugated, flexible packaging, labels, material recovery, municipal solid waste, packaging, paper, paperboard packaging, plastic film, recycling, research grant program, source reduction, sustainability, waste management policies, waste management system
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Top 10 Posts of 2011: Economics, recycling, package design, labeling, etc.
In the course of reviewing the 65 posts I wrote this year, I came across a pretty astonishing statistic: 17,113 readers came to this site and another 9,045 came to my Blog on the Converting Quarterly Website in 2011. The … Continue reading
Posted in coating/laminating, digital printing, flexible packaging, labels, package printing, paper/paperboard/cartons, slitting/rewinding, sustainability
Tagged converting, flexible packaging, ICE USA, labels, plastic film, printing, recycling, source reduction, sustainability, taxes, The Great Recession, unemployment
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