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eco-friendly packaging

Saving Trees One Gift Bag at a Time

June 20, 2011

Terri Martin wants to change the way people think about reusing gift bags. After digging through her used gift bag pile, she discovered they were neither made in USA or of recycled material. That prompted Terri to start a business that made sense for the environment. Gift ‘n Grow offers eco-friendly, 100% recycled paper gift [...]

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Reusable Bag Update – Plastic vs. Cotton Bags

May 2, 2011

Every time I go to the grocery I take an impromptu poll on people that bring their reusable grocery bags. It’s about 20% now at Publix depending on which clerk you ask. Last year it was 15%. Remember when activist groups were freaking out over “billions of plastic bags”? So now we have billions of [...]

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I don’t like Earth Day.

April 22, 2011

Yes, it’s official: I don’t like Earth Day! And it’s for the same reasons that I don’t like Easter, Valentine’s Day or Thanksgiving either. What a cynic, you say! You may be right, but read more to find out why. Leading up to Earth Day I usually get a ton of spam announcing someone’s Earth [...]

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Mother’s Day Gift Packaging to Generate Sales

March 14, 2011

Mom’s special day is right around the corner and it is time to get creative with special packaging to boost your sales for this important retail occasion. How about mixing some pretty packaging into your store displays: wrapped boxes, bags with coordinating tissue, and gift or gourmet wares in pretty feminine packaging. Then strategically display [...]

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Green Washing at Nashville Wraps?

February 7, 2011

Can you save 15% on car insurance… Is green washing at Nashville Wraps hard to believe? You betcha! Recently a comment came to my attention that posed an interesting question, basically the comment was “how is it that Nashville Wraps is the “Leader in Eco-Friendly Packaging” but you mail catalogs in a plastic bag? I [...]

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Spring 2011 Packaging: A Sneak Peek of Green.

December 20, 2010

Preview our new Spring Collections to be released in January. Made in the USA, they are all part of our Green Way® line of eco-friendly packaging.

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Nashville Wraps Customer Spotlight: Peas for Prosperity

November 24, 2010

Smart people turn their lemons into lemonade, but this Atlanta entrepreneur-philanthropist turned her lemons into a small business selling black-eyed peas.

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Lead in Reusable Grocery Bags (again).

November 17, 2010

Cadmium, lead, mercury, and hexavalent chromium are not household names but if you have any of those nice graphic reusable grocery bags, chances are good those dangerous and illegal heavy metals are in your house.

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A green flash in the pan?

November 8, 2010

Has the economy changed your thinking towards green, eco-friendly packaging and other products? It seems that being green for many industrial suppliers was a just flash in the pan.

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