Filed in Sustainability

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

To help companies quantify the environmental sustainability benefits that can be achieved through reusable packaging, ORBIS Corp. (Booth 2700) announced a life cycle assessment-based initiative in a press conference yesterday.

Monday, February 06, 2012

Responding to increased demand for sustainable packaging alternatives—and to support sustainability initiatives—Sealed Air (Booth 2709) launched the three foam lines made of recycled resin yesterday: EthafoamMRC (with 100% pre-consumer content), Ethafoam HRC (with 65% recycled content), and Stratocell RC (with 60% content) foams.

Flow-Rite Safety Solutions (Booth 4328) introduced the Crossing Guard forklift collision awareness system that detects two separate motions to trigger an audible alarm and high-intensity LED alarm light.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Conveyor purchases may be preparing for a pause, according to Modern’s annual survey of conveyor users.

Vermont’s Burlington Drug Company turned to a voice solution to create a greener picking process and save some green on its bottom line.

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Sealed Air Corporation and Ecovative Design have announced that they will work together to accelerate the production, sales and distribution of Ecovative’s EcoCradle Mushroom Packaging, a new technology for environmentally responsible packaging materials made from agricultural byproducts and mycelium, or “mushroom roots”.

Friday, January 06, 2012

RPA’s con­fer­ence pro­gram is designed to edu­cate atten­dees who are con­sid­er­ing imple­ment­ing reusable pack­ag­ing solu­tions in their sup­ply chains as well as those who already deploy­ing reusables.

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Solution cut company's packaging time by two-thirds.

Here’s what a New Hampshire-based manufacturer discovered when it performed a lifecycle assessment of its packaging products.