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Lighter, stronger, safer – Plastics Make it Possible! Today’s smart packaging solutions help us to do more with less. Whether it’s the latest gadget, your favorite beauty product, that must-have appliance or what you’re eating for lunch, plastic packaging keeps your purchases safe until you’re ready to use them. While packaging has gotten lighter over the decades, the innovations have continued to emerge, making all of our lives easier. Many advancements in packaging help to keep food fresher longer, helping to reduce waste and allowing our grocery dollars to go farther. Efficiencies in packaging also have helped conserve resources, making plastic packaging a smart solution.

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[VIDEO] Plastics Make it Possible at the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen

Submitted on Aug 20, 2010

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What You Need To Know About Food Storage

Submitted on Aug 19, 2010

Sissy Biggers demonstrates the latest plastic innovations in food storage that keep your food fresher longer.

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How to Recycle Plastics Properly

Submitted on Aug 19, 2010

Steve Russell, Vice President, Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council, explains how many of the plastic products we use every day can be recycled, and how to do so properly.

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[VIDEO] Microplane® Demonstrates Innovative Plastic Kitchen Tools

Submitted on Aug 12, 2010

Microplane® demonstrates how plastics make their kitchen tools more durable, easier to use and easier to clean.

Category: Aspen Food & WineEventsSmart Packaging

Fog Mountain Uses Innovative Plastic Wine Bottles

Submitted on Aug 10, 2010

Patrick Egan of Fog Mountain Wine explains the advantages to using innovative plastic wine bottles.

Category: Aspen Food & WineEventsSmart Packaging

[VIDEO] Renowned Chocolatier, Jacques Torres, Touts Plastic Silicone Baking Molds

Submitted on Aug 4, 2010

Renowned Chocolatier, Jacques Torres, explains why plastic silicone baking molds are essential to making the finest chocolates.

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[VIDEO] How to Properly Prepare Your Food

Submitted on Jul 30, 2010

Lifestyle expert, Sissy Biggers, demonstrates how new plastic innovations makes preparing food easier than ever!

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[VIDEO] Wine Expert from FOOD & WINE Talks Trends: Plastic Wine Bottles

Submitted on Jul 22, 2010

Wine expert and author of FOOD & WINE Magazine’s annual ”Wine Guide”, Anthony Giglio, explains why plastic wine bottles are the future of the wine industry.

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New AirOPack Uses Plastic to Innovate Cosmetic Packaging

Submitted on Jul 20, 2010

A recyclable cosmetic dispenser than can be used as an alternative to conventional metal or aluminum spray cans is set to hit the market in September.

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[VIDEO] KitchenAid® Talks Plastics

Submitted on Jul 20, 2010

Head Designer of KitchenAid® Tells Sissy Biggers Why Plastics are Integral to the Company’s Products

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[VIDEO] Tropical Dessert Pizza by Holly Clegg

Submitted on Jul 19, 2010

Holly Clegg, the “Queen of Quick,” is a best-selling cookbook author who knows how to keep things sweet and simple. She’s teamed up with the American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Make it PossibleSM campaign to offer helpful tips and recipes to make your summer entertaining a breeze. In the video below, Holly Clegg shows you h [...]

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