Posts Tagged ‘packaging’
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Never thought you could combine your Green mindset with vodka?
Read this 360 vodka has a process that makes their vodka eco-friendly. Every bottle’s packaging is made with 100% recycled content; chlorine free paper processing and 85% recycled glass bottles and 100% post consumer waste. The distilling company that produces 360 vodka uses 193 Full Grown Trees, 82,766 gallons of water, 9,255 lbs of solid waste, 139 million BTU of energy and 18,052 lbs of Greenhouse Gasses.
Visit the website http://www.Vodka360.com
Written By: Mary Jo
Tags: 360 vodka, cocktails, distilling, packaging, vodka
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
Steps to Sustainability
Kashi is one of my favorite brands of healthy foods. I love their cereals and granola bars. They also have really good frozen pizzas and entrees. Besides just being good for you, they are a green company, committed to improving the health of the people and the planet. All of the paperboard they use is from 100% recycled sources with a minimum of 35% post consumer content and is recyclable. Furthermore, a good number of their products have recently reduced the overall packaging to decrease their environmental impact.
Kashi has also teamed up with an eco-friendly company called TerraCycle that specializes in “upcycling” repurposed packaging into unique products such as tote bags or notebooks. People across the country have already sent in thousands of pounds of used Kashi packaging to TerraCycle for upcycling in exchange for a payment to the charity of their choice. Pretty cool if you ask me. Check out HYPERLINK “http://www.terracycle.net”www.terracycle.net for more info on how you can join.
Kashi has also teamed up with RecycleBank to encourage people to recycle and reward those that do. The more you recycle, the more RecycleBank Points you earn, which are redeemable for Kashi rewards. Check out recyclebank.com to see if their service is available in your area.
Thanks to Kashi and programs like these two, tons of materials have been kept out of our nation’s landfills. Keep up the good work. Tell us about your favorite green companies so we can highlight their good works in these blogs?
Written By: Chris Horn
Tags: food, great, Kashi, nature, packaging, RecycleBank, TerraCycle, upcycle
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Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Reduce and Recycle Holiday Packaging
This blog may seem untimely, considering the only holiday in July is Independence Day, where gifts are not typically exchanged, but I still thought it was interesting and can serve as a good reminder for the upcoming holidays.
At the store:
- Choose gifts with limited packaging or packaging that is recyclable. Plastic types like #1 (PETE), #2 (HDPE), and #4 (LDPE) are recyclable.
- Take off packaging at point of purchase. Leave the trash with the cashier; this will hopefully get the point across that the company should go green with their packaging next holiday season.
- As always, bring your own recyclable bags to carry your gifts home
The Box:
- Reuse packaging products such as bubble wrap and air pouches
- Tear recyclable cardboard boxes into strips, roll them into mini-rolls and use them to cushion gift inside box
- Reuse newspaper, old calendars, wallpaper, and shopping bags as giftwrap
- Avoid foil gift wraps because they are almost impossible to recycle
- Decorate with natural accents like evergreen, holly, pine cones, or ornamental grass and skip the ribbon
- Carefully unwrap gifts with little tearing as possible, this makes the wrapping paper reusable for smaller gifts.
- Save cards and cut them up into gift tags usable for the next holiday
- Save the boxes, ribbons, and tissue paper you receive, they are all reusable if they are unwrapped carefully with little damage
Have foam peanuts? Some are easily degradable in water, test it out in your sink, if they dissolve all you have to do is dump them in water and they are gone.
Written By: Mary Jo Schweitzer
Tags: Art & Trash, foam peanuts, gift wrapping, holiday, packaging, Recycle Me, TriLeaf’s Eco-tips
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
Maybe in a brochure, sales piece, your own store, in some new packaging or not sure the best way for your product. Come talk to us we can help you put your best foot forward.
Tags: brochure, fronts, ideas, packaging, product, store
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
We’ll leave you with a great product and your packaging will stand out above others.
Tags: construct, design, graphic, it web, packaging, product
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
We can make your idea come to life!
Tags: construction, idea, look, packaging, trileaf designs
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
Make it stand out from the rest.
Tags: environment, packaging, product, stand out, trileaf
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
Try to buy items in bulk packaging
We have had a membership to Sam’s for as long as I can remember so it is no wonder I buy in bulk you could say. But my favorite way to reuse bulk packaged items which aren’t even at bulk is canned fruit. Those little fruit cups annoy me, that is such a waste. So at my house, we buy the canned fruit and we have little glad container that re the exact same size as the fruit cups and we distribute our own into the cups. It creates less waste, and let me tell you we noticed a huge difference in our pocket books. It is somewhere around $3.50 for a little packet of 4 fruit cups and we buy the canned fruit at all of about $1.00 and you get more little fruit cups with that can of fruit. That is a lot of money savings. You can do the same thing with jello, fruit jello, and pudding.
Written By: Kim Woods
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TriLeaf Designs • Graphic & Website Design • www.TriLeafDesigns.com
Tags: cups, fruit, little cups, packaging, portions, reuse, savings, waste
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
According to a packaging design expert, companies looking to go greener with production procedures in their company can start with the packaging of their products. The idea of refillable packaging has been around for a long time, but not many companies have put it to use. Reusable milk jugs are one example of refillable packaging that has proved to be both cost effective and environmentally friendly for some time. Now, cosmetic companies such as, Givenchy, have started using this type of packaging for makeup so that consumers cut down on their packaging use.
I think there are millions of products in the consumer market that could be placed into reusable/refillable containers so that we cut back on the use of plastic and paper products and help out our environment. The challenge lies in the hands of the designer to make a package that stays within the company’s budget, yet cuts back on the number of packages that need to be made and are safe for the environment.
What products can you think of that refillable package would work with?
Written By:
Christine Hoing
Tags: company, design, green, packaging, refillable, reuse, reuseable
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Use shredded paper as packaging.
If you’re like me, then you shred all your important documents and letters. When you have shredded enough papers; they can be used as packing materials. Just make sure that it’s packed densely enough.
So don’t waste your money on expensive polystyrene foam or bubble wrap that is bad for the environment. Instead, just shred some paper and pack it around the item your shipping.
You can even include a nice note asking the recipient to reuse or recycle the
package and the packing materials you used.
Written By: Chris Horn
Tags: environmental, office, packaging, paper, reuse, shredded
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