Archive for the ‘Packaging’ Category
A source for plastics recycling help
Friday, February 10th, 2012
Here's a good link for all the environmentalists in the plastics industry -- as well as those who realize that it's in the industry's best interest to irmprove its recycling record. Today the American Chemistry Council sent a link to...
Plastic bag bans hold hidden costs
Monday, February 6th, 2012
The new report on plastic film and bag recycling is encouraging, but it's not going to end the debate on grocery bag taxes and bans. Plastics News' Mike Verespej reported today that film and bag recycling in the United States...
Post-Super Bowl, a talk with the other Tom Brady
Monday, February 6th, 2012
How appropriate -- a day after the Super Bowl, Forbes.com has a Q&A interview today with the "other" Tom Brady -- you know, the plastics guy. Of course I'm talking about Tom Brady, the founder of Plastic Technologies Inc., the...
Hoffer Plastics talks up employee training program
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
For a lot of manufacturers, finding skilled employees is one of the biggest challenges these days, as the United States recovers from the recession of 2007-2009. William Hoffer, president of injection molder Hoffer Plastics Corp., recently got a chance to...
A balanced story on plastic vs. paper
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
We've seen this story hundreds of times -- which type of bag is better, paper or plastic? Frequently the coverage is not complimentary to plastic. Toronto's The Globe and Mail deserves credit for bringing some balance to its Feb. 1...
The latest in the battle against plastophobia
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
I'm praising one company today for its sustainability message, so forgive me for going negative on two others. My targets -- Repurpose Compostables Inc. and Bed Bath & Beyond stores, for their misleading messages about line of compostable cups made...
Glad highlights source reduction – but will consumers understand?
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
I don't expect to see commercial messages that reference plastic resin consumption during an NFL game. But in commercials that ran last weekend during the football playoffs, Glad Products Co. chose to highlight source reduction achieved by its its Tall...
The latest on plastics and politics
Monday, January 16th, 2012
Political news junkies in the plastics industry got more than their share of interesting headlines this weekend. The big new is that Jon Huntsman Jr. decided to drop out of the race for the Republican presidential campaign. Huntsman, son of...
What will the ADM-Metabolix divorce mean to bioplastics?
Friday, January 13th, 2012
The future of bioplastics is a little fuzzier today, following Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s decision to drop out of its alliance polyhydroxyalkanoate resin company Metabolix Inc. I included some insight into the news in the story posted on PlasticsNews.com last...
Despite what you’ve heard, US plants still make plastic
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
I don't tend to spend a lot of time trying to correct news reports in other media, but I'll make an exception today. Earlier today, National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" did a report on Shell Oil Co.'s plan to build...