by Dennis Salazar | Apr 27, 2011 | Sustainable Products
Even though we are best known for the boxes we sell, it’s what we can create for the inside of the box that truly sets us apart in a crowded field of packaging suppliers. Recently, we have blogged about partitions and molded pulp options, and our inflatable and other...
by Dennis Salazar | Apr 5, 2011 | Sustainable Products
A quick look at today’s headlines or the nearest gas pump confirms oil prices are on a steep rise, which ultimately impacts natural gas and plastic resin prices as well as everything we buy or use that contains plastic. Experts tell us there is no end in sight, so as...
by Dennis Salazar | Nov 16, 2010 | Inside Sustainable Packaging
A few months ago, we warned you that the corrugated industry was attempting to push through their third price increase of this calendar year. The market softened, and enough customers complained that the third increase planned for 2010 was “postponed indefinitely.”...
by Dennis Salazar | Jul 29, 2010 | Inside Sustainable Packaging
It’s a picture reminiscent of “Where’s Waldo?” but can you find the missing component in the photo below? A stand for a bag-making machine shipped to us in this box filled with shredded corrugated and twisted paper void fill. Both are excellent and very green products...
by Dennis Salazar | Jun 4, 2009 | Sustainable Products
People who are eager to find quick and simple solutions to some of our most complex sustainability problems are often disappointed when they hear me say there is no packaging magic bullet that satisfies all requirements, at all times, and on all products. In fact, I...