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Prestretched
Films:
The Source Reduction Option
XP Green an Eco-Friendly source
reduction pallet stretch film
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Source
Reduction Eco-Friendly and Green XP Tinted Prestretched
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Packaging users have a growing
awareness of the need to source reduce all packaging
materials for both economic and environmental reasons.
Western Plastics allows distributors to tap into this
growing market with the Litewrapper dispenser and a
distinctive green tinted prestretched film.
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Wal-Mart chief pledges
higher prices for sustainable suppliers
The chief executive of the world's biggest
retailer yesterday promised to favour suppliers
providing high quality and ethically sourced
products.
Wal-Mart will launch a major retail-industry
effort to improve social, ethical and environmental
standards in the factories of its suppliers,
CEO and president Lee Scott told a meeting
of store managers.
"The drive will see the retailer favour
- and in some cases even pay more - for
suppliers that meet our standards and share
our commitment to quality and sustainability".
"Paying more in the short term for quality
will mean paying less in the long term as
a company. Higher quality products will
mean better value, fewer problems, fewer
returns and greater trust with our customers,"
Scott told the audience.
But the firm will also raise the bar for
suppliers on sustainable sourcing, putting
pressure on them to provide evidence that
they are meeting ethical and quality criteria.
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News Wires January 2008 |
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To our valued suppliers,
we are launching a project to
formalize our commitment to "green" products.
Amcor and Kent H. Landsberg Co. (KHL) are
global supporters of Environmental projects
and we are asking each of our preferred
suppliers to participate in our efforts.
We are asking our suppliers to provide information
(line card, list, brochure, presentation...)
of environmentally friendly products to
- KHL/ASNA . Please send your information
(line card, list, brochure, presentation...)
by 12/12/2007. If you have questions please
do not hesitate to contact following KHL
Kent H Landsberg December 2007 |
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U.S. retailers push
packagers to think "green"
Growing demand from U.S. retailers and manufacturers
for smaller, eco-friendly packages is pushing
box makers and chemical companies to create
compact packaging that is bio-based and
recyclable. I would say that the balance
is still probably weighted more toward cost
control," but the significance of environmental
benefits is growing, said one analyst.
News Wires September 2007 |
Prestretched film allows users to wrap pallets
securely using substantially less film on
every wrapped load.
U.S. Stretch Film Producer |
Prestretched film allows users to wrap pallets securely
using substantially less film on every wrapped load.
Prestretched film and the Litewrapper patented dispenser
also allows users to safely and quickly wrap pallets
using substantially less film than when using conventional
handwraps
The Litewrapper dispenser uses a high performance multi
layer blended film with a green tint to emphasize the
eco or 'green' nature of the product.
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P&G to concentrate
on less packaging.
Procter & Gamble threw its weight behind
growing environmental efforts to reduce
excess packaging. The move comes as Wal-Mart,
P&G's largest customer, is pushing its suppliers
to cut packaging by at least 5 per cent.
In Europe, Tesco and other big supermarket
chains have also said they want to cut the
amount of packaging. As it reported quarterly
results, P&G also said it expected to face
increases in commodity and energy costs
in its coming fiscal year.
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Bulk packaging suppliers
focused on efficiency and environment
Buyers today are looking to their bulk packaging
suppliers to help them better maximize their
supply chain efficiencies, improve cost
effectiveness, and provide more "green"
products for use in their supply chains.
Bulk packaging products in general fall
into two categories: rigid bulk packaging,
which includes drums, rigid intermediate
bulk containers (RIBCs), pails, corrugated
boxes; and flexible bulk packaging, which
includes shipping sacks, flexible intermediate
bulk containers (FIBCs), film wrap, strapping
and liners.
Purchasing.com August 2007 |
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Business sees green
in going green
More companies are leading the charge to
develop and invest in environmentally friendly
technology -- not just because its good
for nature, but it's also good for the bottom
line. It's both great business and
a good business -- great in that it is generating
real orders and revenue ... and good in
the burnishing effect our initiatives have
had on both our brand and our business.
Companies are increasingly considering their
environmental costs as a way to bolster
their brand name and consumer confidence
in their product.
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Western Plastics is the preferred vendor for
pallet stretch wraps, specialty stretch films, foodservice
film wraps and aluminum foil rolls and containers.
Western Plastics offers a foodservice and industrial
packaging program with low prepaid freight minimums.
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Wal-Mart demands source reduction packaging
In a move that could
have a ripple effect on the packaging
industry, the retail giant plans to
reduce shipping container and product
wrapping costs by 5% by 2013. That could
save $14 billion, and spur packaging
changes elsewhere. Wal-Mart Stores,
the world's largest retailer, wants
its 60,000 suppliers to find more efficient
packaging methods and to reduce the
amount of packaging used, starting in
2008, while making the remaining wrapping
and shipping materials environmentally
friendlier. The company's packaging
move comes more than two years after
consumer packaged goods companies began
to feel pressure from higher raw materials
costs, particularly for the plastic
many of them use for their packaging.
What it means to buyers
Wal-Mart purchasing is working with
suppliers to change packaging systems
to reduce use of plastic films and paper.
Shipping container, wrapping and baling
and bundling plastics will be targeted
for expanded recycling.
News Wires
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