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Smart Packaging
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.
What’s Your Fridge Personality?
Read MoreKitchen Savvy Do’s for Storing and Reheating Leftovers
Submitted on Nov 3, 2009
Plastic packaging can help you keep leftovers fresh and delicious. Find out how.
Category: Smart Packaging
‘Tis the Season: Storage and Heating Tips for Holiday Leftovers
Submitted on Nov 3, 2009
According to the American Dietetic Association (ADA), leftover food lingers after 99 percent of all holiday meals. Knowing the basics of food storage and reheating can help you keep leftovers fresh and flavorful while reducing the risk of food-borne illness.
Category: Smart Packaging
Food-Specific Storage Tips
Submitted on Nov 3, 2009
Did you know that grapes keep best in a perforated plastic bag? That’s why most stores sell them that way. Learn more ways to store your favorite foods.
Category: Smart Packaging
Food Storage Safety Tips for the Fridge and Freezer
Submitted on Nov 3, 2009
Proper storage practices can help you keep foods fresher longer and minimize the risk of foodborne illness. Get acquainted with the basics.
Category: Smart Packaging
Custom Plastic Packaging Comes with Online Gadgets and Flowers – Really!
Submitted on Oct 14, 2009
To convey the right brand image, product packaging often needs to be as unique as the items it protects. Finding the right packaging material can be difficult; making its design reflect the product inside can be even more challenging. Because plastic can come in virtually any shape, color or texture, it makes an ideal packaging [...]
Category: Smart Packaging
Tupperware
Submitted on Oct 1, 2009
In this video a woman showcases the functions that Tupperware can have, and how individuals can get the most out of its use.
Category: Smart Packaging
How to Pack a Zero Waste Lunch
Submitted on Oct 1, 2009
Bringing lunch is healthy and cost effective. It can be eco-friendly, too. Trade your “brown bag” lunch for eco-friendly reusable packaging to reduce waste.
Category: Smart Packaging
Thanksgiving Dinners Put Plastics to the Test
Submitted on Oct 1, 2009
This thanksgiving, plastics can help you keep all the trimmings of this special holiday, without the hassle. Tips on how to handle this special tradition incorporating this reusable and durable material can help save time, effort and keep meals fresh and safe.
Category: Smart Packaging
Coca-Cola Gets Sweeter
Submitted on Oct 1, 2009
Bio-plastics used in soda bottles.
Category: Smart Packaging
Nanomaterials Could Have a Huge Impact on Environment and Health
Submitted on Oct 1, 2009
Nanomaterials are changing packaging solutions.
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