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Mills Gone Wild or How to Play Safely in a Fast Rising Market
What may sound like a story about intoxicated college students on Spring Break is really not that at all. It is about...
Can Retail Packaging Be Attractive, Unique and Green?
Retail packaging can be attractive, unique and green - and we have helped many companies create packaging that is eye...
Short or Single Run Packaging Solution – Think Digital Printing
We are very fortunate to work with many new companies or companies with new products requiring green packaging. In...
The Many Faces of Reusable Shipping Containers
It is great to see a surge of interest in reusable packaging in many different forms and faces; some very familiar and...
Sustainable Packaging – It’s a Thing of Beauty and Health
Everything today is being scrutinized for its impact on the environment and on each of us as human beings. The old...
Happy Earth Day!
To all of our vendor friends who help us design and deliver the green packaging products our customers want and need....
Custom Printed Water Activated Tape – Sustainability and Branding Made Easy
It is increasingly difficult today to make a lasting positive impression on a customer considering all of the...
Smart Green Customers Choose Globe Guard Products
A Chicago area clothing retailer had a rather catchy slogan I used to appreciate – “An educated consumer is our best...
Good Small Products Deserve Good, Green Packaging
Downsizing is not always a step backwards. In fact, for sustainability downsizing is a big plus. Minimizing the size...
Bad Axe Tools Works Wins Globe Guard Eco-Consistency Award
We are proud to announce that Mark Harrell and his company, Bad Axe Tool Works, is the first 2010 recipient of the...
The Plastic Bag is Exorcized and Recycled
People involved in the green movement love to demonize things and let’s face it, in many cases it is so darn easy....
What Is the Greatest Myth in Sustainable Packaging?
Last Sunday I had the opportunity to make a presentation and attend the International Housewares Show. It is a great...
A Plastic Bag by Any Other Name
First let me say I love Kohl’s retail stores. If you are looking for almost any brand name product ranging from...
Happy Birthday YouTube!
In case you are not aware, You Tube will soon be celebrating the 5th anniversary of its launch in April of 2005. Here...
Helping Green Packaging Customers Find Green Packaging Solutions
The world of the internet is a complicated one and it is relatively easy to wind up lost among the incredible amount...
Eco Power – The Selling of Green
When you think of the term “eco power” what do you think of? Perhaps wind mills or some type of naturally produced...
Green, Cost Saving Packaging by Combining Stock and Custom Products
We are always looking for ways to help our customers reduce or minimize cost and recently we had two situations where...
2009, The Joy of Creating Green Moments
My wife, Lenora, and I are fast approaching our third anniversary as entrepreneurs. During the Christmas break we...
Exposing the Myths about Custom Printed Shipping Boxes
Every once in a while I still run into a good potential printed box customer who repeats a myth or misconception about...
Packaging Glass Economically
Even before the yearend packaging industry numbers are in, I feel fairly confident predicting the glass segment had a...
Plastic Bag Recycling – Another Step Forward in Sustainability
We all like to talk about products that are recyclable but we often forget that where and how to recycle a specific...
4 Reasons Why We Refuse to Sell Foam Packing Peanuts
For the sake of full disclosure, we actually have two customers who order packing peanuts from us, along with their...
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Un-Green Packaging
Sure, our company sells eco friendly packaging supplies but my interest goes beyond the potential business. In an...
Die Cut Corrugated Mailers – How to Dress Them Up Economically
We have been busy growing our stock die cut mailer inventory to give customers as many choices as possible. Most of...