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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.
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