Archive for the ‘Sustainability’ Category
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...
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...
Apple reveals list of its suppliers
Monday, January 16th, 2012
Are you curious about who supplies the molded parts, packaging or tooling for products like the iPhone an iPad? Now the names are public: Apple Inc. last week released a list of its suppliers (PDF). Apple released the list as...
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...
Some myths about green packaging
Monday, January 9th, 2012
What makes a package sustainable -- and can plastics packages qualify? Our friend JoAnn Hines -- the Packaging Diva -- answers those questions and more in a blog post today by Jim Tierney on MultichannelMerchant.com. Here are a few highlights...
Author describes challenges of living in a plasticized world
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Journalist and author Harold Johnson has posted a column on the perils of plastics pollution that's worth a look, even for readers who are unapologetically pro-plastics. You may remember Johnson -- he's the writer who researched and debunked the oft-cited...
Author describes challenges of living in a plasticized world
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Journalist and author Harold Johnson has posted a column on the perils of plastics pollution that's worth a look, even for readers who are unapologetically pro-plastics. You may remember Johnson -- he's the writer who researched and debunked the oft-cited...