ICIS Blogs : packaging

Pencil sized plastic bags of milk

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:12:24 GMT

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...(read more)

Wal-Mart to reduce detergent phosphates

Green Chemicals — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:13:59 GMT

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...(read more)

Showing green muscles at trade shows

Green Chemicals — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:10:25 GMT

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...(read more)

Bleached bags are out

Green Chemicals — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:07:09 GMT

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...(read more)

Green packaging is hot

Green Chemicals — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:30:56 GMT

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...(read more)

Cosmetic show in full green force

Green Chemicals — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:29:26 GMT

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...(read more)

New green chems in July

Green Chemicals — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:00:04 GMT

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...(read more)

Totally recyclable PLA cups for ICIS smoothies

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:04:36 GMT

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...(read more)

Bubbling green goals for Wal-Mart

Green Chemicals — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:26:45 GMT

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...(read more)

The real meaning of green packaging

Green Chemicals — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:51:43 GMT

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...(read more)

Sustainability is profitable for DuPont

Green Chemicals — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:44:29 GMT

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...(read more)

Sustainability: Cost versus price

Green Chemicals — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:37:08 GMT

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...(read more)