by Alan Wright | Mar 30, 2026 | Packaging Solutions, Sustainable Perspective, Inside Sustainable Packaging, Sustainable Products
A couple years ago our Co-founder Dennis Salazar asked, Can Sustainability Go Too Far? He cited examples of packaging where this is indeed the case, such as single-use plastic water bottles that have become so flimsy they are practically unusable. It’s a case in which...
by Dennis Salazar | Mar 2, 2026 | Packaging Solutions, Packaging Design, Ecommerce Packaging, Sustainable Perspective
Those who regularly read this blog know I have always had a love/hate relationship with Amazon. As a shopper, I am impressed by their ability to deliver just about anything I could possibly want to my door tomorrow. However, as a packaging industry veteran and a...
by Dennis Salazar | Feb 12, 2026 | Packaging Design, Ecommerce Packaging
Some packaging companies are understandably driven by the products they offer. If bubble wrap void fill is the most available and profitable protective material available, it is likely what their commissioned sales force is going to be directed to sell. Many Packaging...
by Alan Wright | Feb 5, 2026 | Packaging Solutions, Packaging Design
The process of creating a packaging design can be like walking through a minefield. If you avoid these 10 packaging design landmines, your new package will provide excellent protection, please customers, and stay well within your budget. The 10 Biggest Packaging...
by Dennis Salazar | Jan 21, 2026 | Culture
I recently saw a sale paper promoting a “natural wood” clothing rack. As a leader is sustainable packaging, this ad caught my attention because isn’t all wood “natural”? Is there a forest full of fake trees out there somewhere that is used to make fake or artificial...