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Ready Pacs Sustainability Program

24 Sep 2012
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With 79 percent of people worldwide looking for produce grown by environmentally friendly companies, sustainability initiatives are much talked about in the industry. For ready pac foods, sustainability goes beyond environmentally responsible practices to encompass social responsibility and ultimately longterm economic viability. "for decades, ready pac has participated in environmentally friendly business practices such as sending our byproducts for use as animal feed," says tristan simpson, director of marketing at ready pac.

Seaworld Waves Goodbye To Plastic Bags

24 Sep 2012
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Seaworld parks & entertainment will remove plastic shopping bags at all its theme parks within the next year making it the largest theme park operator to make this commitment. Park gift shops will offer paper bags made from 100 recycled paper or guests can choose to purchase reusable bags. The company said this move will keep an estimated four million plastic bags from entering landfills and the environment each year.

Multicultural Yogurt Drinks

24 Sep 2012
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New branding and packaging by london design company carter wong for bio green dairy has helped the middlesex based producer achieve instant market penetration with an extended product range of real fruit yoghurt smoothies and exciting asianinspired lassi yoghurt drinks. One of the joys of living in multicultural britain is the variety of delicious ethnic foods and drink available on the high street.

Game App Gives Real Rewards For Virtual Plastics Recycling

24 Sep 2012
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A newly updated game app for plastics recycling now rewards players with real world products for virtual plastics recycling. Plastics make it possible, the creator of the popular bin it app, has teamed up with earth911, host of the nation&39s largest recycling directory, and recyclebank, the company that rewards people&39s everyday green activities with discounts and deals from local and national businesses, to encourage consumers to recycle more.

Visual Identity In A Split Second

24 Sep 2012
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It&39s estimated that the average consumer spends less than a second scanning shelves, and in that time, will make a decision on whether or not to purchase any given product. If you are that product&39s manufacturer, you want to make sure that in that critical time frame, the consumer will be drawn to your merchandise, have a desire to pick it up, inspect it, and make a decision to buy it.

New Packaging Designs Stress Sustainability

24 Sep 2012
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Both companies say they will dramatically reduce the weight of packaging they use through new design, thin walling, use of concentrated products and reuse of materials. In some cases, they will also switch materials. "we will make it easier for consumers to recycle our packaging by using materials that best fit the endoflife treatment facilities available in their countries," unilever said in a statement released to the press. Unilever also said it plans to eliminate use of polyvinyl chloride pvc by 2012 where technical solutions exist.

French Plastic Packaging Manufacturers Mobilise To Extend Sorting And Recycling

24 Sep 2012
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Environment was one of the highlights of elipso&rsquos last annual general meeting. Elipso is the organisation representing plastic and flexible packaging manufacturers in france. Actually, since 2008 elipso has aligned its strategy and actions on the laws arising from the grenelle environmental consultation. First of all, prevention, particularly through weight reduction, is the primary criterion for environmental efficiency. As for recycling, it is a major orientation for elipso&rsquos policy.

Recycled Packaging Firm Reports 44 Profit Growth

24 Sep 2012
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The company reported pdf a pretax profit of £110.2m for the year to april 2012 and a 12 revenue growth to £1,969.4m. Miles roberts, group chief executive, said &ldquo201112 has been a pivotal year for ds smith. Building on the success of the previous year we further improved the operational and financial performance of the business, with substantial improvements in revenue, growth, profitability, and returns on capital.