Its beverage segment provides original materials such as undiluted solutions and sugars, and packaging materials.
Applying EPR to packaging is a slightly different animal, Gardner points out, because packaging materials are commodities.
Temple-Inland is the third-largest producer of corrugated packaging materials in North America, serving the shipping and construction markets.
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He adds that purely as a resource management issue, it makes sense for the company to reuse its packaging materials.
With only two washing facilities in the country and no domestic supply of fabrics, trims or even packaging materials, long lead times are required.
Andrea Foote, a PepsiCo spokeswoman, said the new 20-ounce bottle is part of the company's ongoing update of marketing and packaging materials for the cola.
"There is a lot of activity to find out what the mechanisms are by which these materials degrade so we can produce better packaging materials to prevent this, " Lidzey said.
Consumer products companies have been making their soaps more concentrated for years to save on packaging materials and transportation costs, as well as to make room for more jugs on store shelves.
Naturally the companies are playing up the environmental angle through the reduced packaging and materials, but it also means that the bill of materials can be lowered, allowing the retail chain to offer a better deal to customers, or an increased profit.
Brewers, further hit by higher costs for key raw materials and packaging, and price deflation in the supermarket sector, are joining together to achieve economies of scale.
It is calling on supermarkets to only use compostable and recyclable materials in its packaging where required.
Because EPR is not prescriptive about implementation, it provides incentives for businesses to voluntarily reduce packaging and get innovative with materials and design.
Everything about the company, from its use of recyclable materials in its packaging to its use of ordinary women rather than supermodels in its advertisements, is designed to emphasise the twin themes of naturalness and sustainability.
This is the situation currently unfolding at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where regulators have until March 31 to comply with a consent judgment by responding to a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to ban the use of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, food containers and other materials likely to be ingested or to come into contact with food.
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Both the iMac and Mac mini include PVC-free components and cables, contain no brominated flame retardants, and use highly recyclable materials and material-efficient packaging designs.
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