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Sustainable Packaging – It Can Be So Degrading, or Not
Whether you are talking about composting, oxo-degradability or biodegradability, the options are numerous, the facts...
Sustainable Packaging Update 4 – Packaging Papers – 60 lb Indented Kraft
Our eco friendly packaging store www.GlobeGuardProducts.com shows just a small sampling of the most popular types of...
How to Avoid a Sustainable Packaging Dead End
In my opinion, there are some concepts and ideas in sustainability that are still not as well understood and accepted...
A Less Expensive Way to a Greener Box Sealing Tape Solution
As we have mentioned before, we enjoy helping customers switch from pressure sensitive tape to water activated tape...
Sustainable Packaging – When Waste Makes Sense
It probably sounds strange coming from us because we are so outspoken critics of waste and we encourage using less...
Great Green Ideas Don’t Have to Be Big or Expensive
In fact our green idea is fairly small and is only 15.75” X 14.25” X 9” high at its greatest dimensions. Some might...
Slash Box Sealing Tape Usage with a New Corrugated Box Style and L-Clips
Here's good news for a struggling economy - sustainable packaging should never involve spending more money. Quite...
Sustainable Packaging – Keeping it Real
Good news! If you're looking for authentic eco friendly packaging at a low cost, check out our brand new e-commerce...
Are We Moving to Greener Business Pastures?
Not long ago company president Dennis Salazar wrote an excellent article entitled Is There a Disconnect In Your Green...
Can Your Water Activated Tape Dispenser Make a Sustainable Difference?
Sustainability in packaging is not just about recyclability, recycled content or the carbon footprint left behind by...
Teaming Up with Your Vendor to Reduce Your Corrugated Costs
Everyone is feeling the pinch of the economy, which makes it a great time to reevaluate your vendor/customer relations...
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...