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Reusable Shopping Bags – The Green Truth

March 15, 2010

As a lifelong packaging person with a deep interest and commitment to preserving the environment, here are a few things I suggest you keep in mind if you decide to buy and use reusable shopping bags.

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Bamboo Bags – Are They Really Eco-Friendly?

February 26, 2010

If your product isn’t made directly of bamboo fiber – but is a manufactured fiber for which bamboo was the plant source – it should be labeled and advertised using the proper generic name for the fiber, such as rayon, or “rayon made from bamboo.”

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Mexico City Bans non-biodegradable Plastic Bags

February 23, 2010

If we can encourage consumers to change their behavior, just one bag at a time, we believe real progress can be made toward our goal of creating zero waste.

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FSC vs. PCW Papers – Which is Better for the Environment?

February 17, 2010

PCW papers are made from recycled materials that might otherwise have ended up in a landfill. Both FSC and PCW papers are environmentally responsible. Paper made from trees in well-managed forests is a sustainable resource.

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Reusable Shopping Bags – Not So Eco-Friendly

August 17, 2009

I have to wonder how many eco minded customers even bother to notice these bags come from around the world.

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Inside Sustainable Packaging Interview

July 27, 2009

The company started in 1976 during the time of polyester prints in women’s fashion. We found a source for the paper used to make those prints and turn it into repurposed gift wrapping paper. So you might say our first products were recycled/reclaimed paper.

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Biodegradable bags: A real solution, or more green washing?

June 22, 2009

The fabric style bags you see at the grocery are either made from PP (polypropylene) or PET (polyethylene terephthalate). The point is they are plastics. Somehow many people are missing that.

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The Ultimate Reusable Bag

June 16, 2009

If the consumer will recycle plastics, the rest is magic and we close the loop on this entire argument. No more bans, no more bitching, no more problems with more imports getting into the economy when we can do it all here.

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Recycled Plastic Bags – Sustainable, Recycled and Recyclable

May 5, 2009

Ironically, the lowly t-sack is now one of the leaders in the race for sustainable packaging and environmentally conscious change.

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Recycled Plastic Bags Made in the USA – Best Eco Choice

February 19, 2009

Fixing our economy involves many different things, but for the most part we believe that one important way is to put more Americans back to work in America.

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