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B Flute vs C Flute – Sustainably Equal … Almost
The photo above is an extreme close up of B, C, E, and F flute corrugated board. The top two samples - B and C flute -...
Organizational Eco-Consistency
Image by tomsaint11 via Flickr We spend a lot of time talking and writing about eco-consistency from a marketing and...
Take Box Sealing Tape to Extremes for Sustainable Packaging
The standard width of pressure sensitive box sealing tape is 48 mm (2"). The standard width of paper box sealing tape...
The 1982 Tylenol Murders and the Packaging Industry’s Response
Some of our readers may be too young to remember but seeing the Tylenol poisonings back in the news has brought back...
Sustainable Packaging Update 2 – Cornerboard
Cornerboard is that L shaped laminated paper board product usually placed on the vertical corners and or possibly on...
Eco Friendly Packages through Packaging Automation
If you are shipping any quantity of merchandise it all, packaging automation is worth taking a look at. Automatic...
How to Persuade Prospects to Buy Your Eco-Friendly Products
Image via Wikipedia These days, it is increasingly difficult to sell products solely on the basis of their...
The Sustainable Case for Plastic Box Sealing Tapes
Can Plastic Box Sealing Tapes Be Eco-Friendly? From a sustainable packaging perspective, when you manufacture a...
Sustainable Reasons to Use Paper Box Sealing Tape
We have been very successful recently helping customers convert from plastic to paper box sealing tape, especially...
Printed Box Sealing Tape v. Printed Corrugated Boxes
Printing a logo and/or a brief sales message on paper box sealing tape or corrugated boxes makes total sense from a...
For Staples, Eco Friendly Packaging – That ‘s not easy!
I realize I am negatively paraphrasing their marketing slogan but the change is quite appropriate after reviewing the...
Citizen Watches Wins Prestigious 2008 Globe Guard Eco-Consistency Award
OK, I will admit we do not yet have an official Globe Guard Eco Consistency award, but if we did, it would be darn...
Why We’re Not Crazy Telling You Not to Buy the Corrugated Boxes We’re Trying to Sell You
As a marketing specialist, I myself find it strange that at the same time we're promoting Globe Guard 100% PCW content...
“Virgin” Corrugated Board and Other Green Myths
I recently had another “Madonna Experience”, with a potential customer who hesitated to make what he thought was the...
Green Packaging: Paperboard versus Corrugated
Both materials can be excellent eco-friendly packaging. Paperboard packaging is what you see on a FedEx or USPS style...
Can “Cohesive” Packaging be Green Packaging?
Image via Wikipedia The world of packaging is changing very rapidly and what was not green a year ago may be very...
In a Rotten Economy, Green Packaging Is More Important than Ever
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Some fear that a rotten economy will spoil the green packaging movement. The...
High Mileage Peaches and Other Absurdities of our Sustainable Lives
If you look at the label on the pictured Dole product, you see that it is “natural”. I doubt any of us really...
Sustainability Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Image by Getty Images via Daylife I really wish that was not the case but it is. I have written and spoken on this...
Sustainability and MBE Firms – Room for Improvement
During my recent travels and conventioneering, I noticed that MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) firms are seriously...
It’s Official – Globe Guard Is Now a Registered Trademark
We are very pleased to announce that our trademark application for Globe Guard has finally been approved so in the...
Spotlight Sustainable Links
Image via Wikipedia Timothy Johnson takes a high altitude look at developing a sustainable strategy within large...
What is “Eco-Consistency”?
One of our favorite blogs is Sustainable Is Good because they do an exceptional job of exposing examples of over...
What’s Wrong with this Picture? A Green Packaging Challenge
Even if you are not a regular reader and subscriber to this blog, please accept this as sustainable challenge #1. How...