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Paper Based Packaging Is the Greenest Way to Lower Costs When Plastic Prices Are Soaring

Paper Based Packaging Is the Greenest Way to Lower Costs When Plastic Prices Are Soaring

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...

Eliminate Steel or Plastic Strapping by Roping Stretch Film

by Dennis Salazar | Nov 19, 2009 | Sustainable Products

From a sustainable packaging standpoint, securing boxes to a pallet for shipment is a choice of lesser evils. Among the leading options – steel strapping, polyester strapping, polypropylene strapping, and stretch wrap – stretch wrap is probably best, since...

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