by Dennis Salazar | Apr 2, 2010 | Sustainable Products
Downsizing is not always a step backwards. In fact, for sustainability downsizing is a big plus. Minimizing the size of a shipping container also eliminates shipping weight, space required, the amount of void fill needed. Downsizing reduces the end waste and of course...
by Dennis Salazar | Jan 14, 2010 | Sustainable Products
We are always looking for ways to help our customers reduce or minimize cost and recently we had two situations where we literally had to think inside as well as outside the box in order to get the job done. New Products and Unique Packaging Sometimes the challenge is...
by Dennis Salazar | Nov 3, 2009 | Sustainable Products
For a long time we’ve tried to keep the bundle sizes on our Globe Guard stock shipping boxes at a consistent 25 boxes per bundle. However, due to numerous customer requests, we are reducing our box count on larger boxes. Why are we implementing this change? Namely,...
by Dennis Salazar | Oct 22, 2009 | Sustainable Products
Our Sustainable Shipping Boxes and Recycled Mailers Are Now More Sustainable Continuous improvement is a well worn phrase that means a lot of different things to different people. Even though the packaging industry is launching brand new green products on an almost...
by Dennis Salazar | Oct 15, 2009 | Sustainable Perspective
Earlier this year, January 13th to be exact, I posted an article complaining about some very eco unfriendly secondary packaging I had received from one of our favorite suppliers, Staples. Large retailers often appear to be leading the green charge so the interest...
