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Pencil sized plastic bags of milk

A battle is raging in the august columns of the Times today about the benefits of those little pencil-sized plastic bags of milk which are served with coffee on trains, planes and in cafeterias, versus those of the tiny plastic pots of milk which were...

Published 29 Jan 2009 18:12 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: plastics, trivia, packaging, Times, milk, train, coffee
Wal-Mart to reduce detergent phosphates

Phosphates doomed fate in detergent cleaners will probably be sealed this week as big box retailer Wal-Mart announced its plans to reduce phosphates in laundry and dish detergents sold in the Americas by 70% by 2011. Wal-Mart said phosphates from detergents...

Published 29 Jan 2009 13:13 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Company initiatives, Government, phosphates, sustainability, packaging, detergent, Walmart
Showing green muscles at trade shows

Another year starts for chemical companies to strut their green stuff at numerous trade shows. At this month alone, Rohm and Haas is gearing up for the incoming Sustainable Package Design Expo in Florida. The company says its focus is to educate users...

Published 21 Jan 2009 16:10 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: construction, Company initiatives, Products, packaging, trade show, cleaning, manufacturing, green chemistry
Bleached bags are out

Plastic packaging is not the only one seeing big changes (e.g. more demand for recycled, bio-based plastic products). Pulp and paper companies are also being affected by the green demand in packaging, whether from their industrial or consumer-based customers...

Published 4 Dec 2008 10:07 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Food, Company initiatives, Products, packaging, paper, biodegradable, recyclable, bleach
Green packaging is hot

ICIS Chemical Business released this Monday its feature on packaging and from what the magazine's editors have found out is that sustainability is definitely becoming more ingrained within this industry mostly driven by consumer demand. The benefits...

Published 24 Oct 2008 13:30 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Environment, Regulation, General, studies and reports, ICB, consumer, Government, sustainability, packaging, plastic, chemical
Cosmetic show in full green force

I've been running around at the annual HBA cosmetic event in New York city for the past two days and that led me to not being able to do my blogging job, for which I apologize. Fortunately, the 3-day show is full of green news, events and presentations...

Published 11 Sep 2008 12:29 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Regulation, Company initiatives, green, Products, General, studies and reports, R&D, cosmetic, sustainability, packaging, Award, show
New green chems in July

I thought July would be a lull time for companies to launch new green chemicals but I seem to have my own record-breaking number of products this month. Either that or I'm just lazier the previous months in scanning new product news. Congratulations...

Published 1 Aug 2008 17:00 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: chemicals, Company initiatives, green, Products, General, R&D, packaging, glycerine, flame retardants, coatings, biocide, coolant, gypsum
Totally recyclable PLA cups for ICIS smoothies

Nigel Davis enthuses about drinking his smoothies out of fully recyclable PLA ... It's getting everywhere. These recyclable PLA (polylactic acid) smoothie cups were spotted in the ICIS canteen on Wednesday. The big recycling push here at Reed Business...

Published 16 Jul 2008 13:04 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: plastics, chemicals, trivia, recycling, ICIS, packaging, hi-tech, RBI, smoothies, PLA
Bubbling green goals for Wal-Mart

Speaking of cleaning industry, Wal-Mart said it completed its goal of selling only concentrated liquid laundry detergent in all of its US and Canadian stores. Wal-Mart said it expected to save more than 400 million gallons of water, more than 95 million...

Published 11 Jun 2008 22:26 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Wal-Mart, Company initiatives, green, Products, packaging, cleaning products, detergent, P&G
The real meaning of green packaging

The US glass industry wants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to tighten the guidelines for recycled packaging marketing claims under the agency's new Green Guides rules . According to the Glass Packaging Institute , several marketers are inappropriately...

Published 28 May 2008 16:51 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: sustainable, green, General, Government, packaging, renewable, plastic, glass, recyclability, marketing, FTC, guidelines, claims
Sustainability is profitable for DuPont

Providing sustainable solutions will be a high growth business for DuPont's Performance Materials segment, according to the group's vice president Diane Gulyas. In Bank of America's Basics/Industrial conference , Gulyas highlighted DuPont's...

Published 8 May 2008 23:44 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: sustainable, Company initiatives, packaging, DuPont, plastic, photovoltaic
Sustainability: Cost versus price

I found this insightful article from the site SustainableIsGood talking about why consumers should not pay extra price for buying green products. "Consumer, beware! Don’t pay a premium for any product simply because it or its packaging is sustainable...

Published 7 Mar 2008 7:37 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: price, General, sustainability, packaging, Salazar

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