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The Great Variety of Custom, Green Interior and Protective Packaging
Even though we are best known for the boxes we sell, it’s what we can create for the inside of the box that truly sets...
Paper Based Packaging Is the Greenest Way to Lower Costs When Plastic Prices Are Soaring
A quick look at today’s headlines or the nearest gas pump confirms oil prices are on a steep rise, which ultimately...
Brown Paper Box Sealing Tape Makes a Great and Green First Impression
Reinforced paper water activated tape (WAT) is a great way to brand your packaging without the cost and inventory...
How to Beat the New USPS Rate Increases
As a substantial U.S. Postal Service rate increase goes into effect on April 17, many in the mailing and fulfillment...
7 Ways to Reduce Sustainable Packaging Costs When Market Prices are Rising
Sustainable packaging is probably more available, affordable and competitive than ever before but it is not exempt...
I Am the Perfect Sustainable Package
I don’t want to end 2010 with a depressing topic, but like many people, I too tend to get reflective this time of year...
Green Packaging Solutions for Fast Rising Plastics Prices
A few months ago, we warned you that the corrugated industry was attempting to push through their third price increase...
Die Cut versus RSC Style Corrugated Shipping Boxes
It is not at all uncommon for an application or product to be able to ship out in either a die cut mailer box or a...
Can Packaging Aids and Dispensers be Sustainable?
Some people are surprised to go to our green packaging web store and find a section devoted to a selection of...
Minimizing the Unexpected Costs of Green Die Cut Boxes
We enjoy creating eco friendly printed, die cut containers, but they are not exempt from many of the same potential...
Spreading the Green Word: Now on Environmental Leader
Everyone who knows me will tell you how much I enjoy talking and writing about sustainable packaging. I especially...
Salazar Packaging Selected as Preferred Packaging Supplier to Green America’s Green Business Network
Green America’s Green Business Network (GBN) is the first, largest, and oldest organization of socially and...
Congressional Honor for Salazar Packaging and Our Sustainable Packaging Innovation
We are proud to announce Salazar Packaging was honored at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's (CHCI) Public...
The New eBay Reusable Box – Not Perfect but a Timely Idea
The new box that eBay has created for their customers to reuse is an excellent concept and it could not come at a...
Small Boxes are Big Problem for Large Retailers
We have spent a great deal of time suggesting the idea of “right sizing”, which is essentially only using as large of...
How to Dramatically Increase the Value of Your Boxes with Minimal Additional Cost
There is no doubt most people know us for our 100% PCW recycled content corrugated, stock, shipping boxes, but over...
Branding and Messaging Goes Way Beyond Sustainability
Every once in a while we are involved in a packaging application that really makes us think about the non-business messaging we communicate to others. This post explores one such example.
Canon Printer Packaging – Not Eco Consistent or Up to Date
One of the things I find most interesting about sustainable packaging as well as quite frustrating at times, is that...
Application Appropriate Sustainable Void Fill Packaging
It’s a picture reminiscent of “Where’s Waldo?” but can you find the missing component in the photo below? A stand for...
Hybrids Not Included – What Green Businesses Can Learn from Auto Makers
I could no longer put off a task that I enjoy almost as much as an IRS audit or root canal surgery – I had to shop for...
Packaging Equipment Activity – A Reason to be Optimistic
We are so focused on sustainable packaging and that is obviously what we are best known for, but we also happen to be...
Sustainable Packaging Question: 100% Recycled Content versus 100% Biodegradable
One thing we have learned about supplying “green” packaging products to eco minded customers, is that they tend to...
Is Planet versus Profit a Necessary Choice in Sustainable Packaging?
In most cases the answer is no. We realize most businesses today are facing enormous pressure to control or reduce...
Let’s Talk about Sustainable Packaging
Over the course of the last three years I have been privileged to share my, at times, unusual perspective on eco...