In the last week I’ve spoken with two people, one from a very large, green company and the other from a very small,...
Sustainable Products
Sustainable Packaging – When Brown and White Make Green
One of the best parts of doing what we do is the opportunity to meet some really neat people doing some terrific...
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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Corrugated Partitions Are a Fine Sustainable Packaging Option
Somewhere along the line, corrugated (and chipboard) partitions fell out of favor as an inner packing material. A lot...