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Plastic Recycling Labels – Too little, too late?

Plastic Recycling Labels – Too little, too late?

by Dennis Salazar | Jun 4, 2026 | Sustainable Perspective, Inside Sustainable Packaging

Early in my packaging career I made a very good living selling plastic films. I sold just about every type of plastic packaging film including shrink, stretch, bagging and bundling films. Then around year 2000 there was a new focus on environmental sustainability, and...
How to Ship a Less Expensive, Greener Box to Your Customers

How to Ship a Less Expensive, Greener Box to Your Customers

by Dennis Salazar | Apr 8, 2026 | Packaging Design, Sustainable Perspective, Inside Sustainable Packaging, Sustainable Products

Salazar Packaging has been an industry leader in eco-friendly, direct to consumer packaging since 2007 when we first started our company. Much has changed over those 19 years but one of the things that gratefully no longer applies is the idea that green packaging has...
Is Eco-Friendly Packaging Ever Wrong?

Is Eco-Friendly Packaging Ever Wrong?

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...
Top Five 2021 Trends in DTC, E-commerce Packaging

Top Five 2021 Trends in DTC, E-commerce Packaging

by Dennis Salazar | Dec 30, 2020 | Salazar News

Packaging Trends for 2021 One year ago, no one could have envisioned how painful 2020 was going to be for many people and businesses. At the same time, no one could have guessed the explosive growth we all witnessed in e-commerce. The year-end numbers are not in, but...
Earth Turns Finds Value in Globe Guard® Custom Printed RSC Boxes

Earth Turns Finds Value in Globe Guard® Custom Printed RSC Boxes

by Dennis Salazar | Nov 3, 2015 | Sustainable Products

Earth Turns is one of our oldest and dearest customers in the natural products and supplement space. They continue succeeding and growing in a market that has seen many others come and go. What Makes Them Successful? The people at www.EarthTurns.com know once a...
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