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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.
[VIDEO] Plastics Make it Possible at the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen
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Submitted on May 10, 2010
The Aspen Challenge has officially closed. Thank you to everyone who participated for sharing your thoughtful, creative and inspiring tips and techniques for using plastic to create your favorite recipes and make your parties [...]
Category: Aspen Food & Wine • Smart Packaging
Get Your Vintage from Plastic
Submitted on Apr 29, 2010
The wine industry continues to embrace innovative plastic packaging.
Category: Smart Packaging
Strawberries Thrive under Protective Plastic Blankets
Submitted on Apr 20, 2010
Plastic cover acts as a greenhouse, giving plants a bit of time to grow in the fall and protective covering throughout the winter months.
Category: Smart Packaging
Oxygen Scavenging Plastics Work Overtime
Submitted on Apr 13, 2010
A new type of plastic packaging works to remove air to preserve food.
Category: Smart Packaging
Booze in a Bag?
Submitted on Apr 12, 2010
These days, your next cocktail could come from a plastic pouch.
Category: Smart Packaging
Plastic: Covering Your Food
Submitted on Apr 6, 2010
New reusable food covers rely on plastic to keep food fresh.
Category: Smart Packaging
Litterless Juice Boxes Could Be the Latest Parent Must-Have
Submitted on Mar 22, 2010
Resuable plastic juice bottles can save money and reduce waste in your household.
Category: Smart Packaging
Spring Cleaning and Gardening Tips
Submitted on Mar 22, 2010
Eco Herb Garden Put a Lid On It Milk It for All It’s Worth Message in a Bottle Make Use of Old Tooth Brushes Be a Tidy Gardner Recycle Recycle, Reuse, Reduce Spring is on its way, and with it comes the desire to de-clutter and re-organize. This spring, be green and save some green by focusing on reusing and recycling ever [...]
Category: Smart Packaging
Researchers Developing Plastics for the Compost Pile
Submitted on Mar 15, 2010
A new sugar-based polymer could make food packaging and other disposable plastic items suitable for being composted at home.
Category: Eco Solutions • Smart Packaging
Plastic Pack Helps Deliver Vaccines Around the World
Submitted on Mar 15, 2010
A $10 billion grant announced in early 2010 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation kicked off a high profile “decade of vaccines,” focused on developing and delivering new vaccines to prevent deadly diseases around the world. While vaccine breakthroughs receive significant attention, less visible but equally vital is the need to deliver those [...]
Category: Smart Packaging
