1. Do the robot! 2. Find your inner dragon. instagram.com 3. Get square as a Lego man. 4. Got a few friends and a bunch of boxes? Go as Tetris! It also works great as a couple’s costume. 5. Keep your trick or treating clean and go as a box of laundry detergent. 6. Start a snackwave as a box of […]
Corrugated, CPG
Sharpening your edge | Technology Focus – Folder-gluing/die-cutting
SIGNS THAT YOU NEED TO UPGRADE Lee Alton, Northern England and Scotland area sales manager, Bobst UK and Ireland, explains the warning signs that a folder-gluer line may need upgrading or replacing. As carton designs get more complex, lead times become shorter, and brand quality requirements ever higher, box makers have come to realise the […]
Corrugated, Innovation, Trends
Insight : Key Drivers and Trends in Corrugated Packaging
The corrugated segment of the packaging industry is growing rapidly. Demand for corrugated packaging material is expected to increase by an average of more than 4% annually over the next five years, and will amount to almost 115 million tonnes of converted material worth an estimated $176 billion by 2019. There are a number of […]
Corrugated, Trends
Box Wars – They may call it cardboard…
but they sure know how to reuse… Boxwars started with humble beginnings as a group who built armour using cardboard. It has become an epic event called a ‘battle’ where the point is to build something from cardboard, then destroy it, which destroys the point. No one has yet won a battle as there are […]
Corrugated, News
Amazon celebrates “Frustration-Free Packaging” but consumers still voice concerns
Amazon is marking a tenth holiday season since the launch of its “Frustration-Free Packaging”, designed to reduce waste with easy-to-open recyclable packaging. This is however tempered by frequent complaints criticising both over-packaging and even under-packaging. The e-retailer was recently blasted for using up to 45ft of paper packaging to protect a wall calendar. Paradoxically, it was […]
Corrugated, Innovation, News
The global cardboard challenge – just build it!
Kids of all ages from around the world are invited to build something amazing out of cardboard, recycled materials and imagination. Inspired by the short film, ‘Caine’s Arcade’, the Global Cardboard Challenge is an annual event presented by the Imagination Foundation to celebrate child creativity and the role communities can play in fostering it. In […]
Corrugated, Innovation, Sustainability
How the Industry Prepares for the Holiday Season
Industry members are preparing their fleets, landfills and MRFs for the large amount of waste and recycling materials that will soon be ready for pickup and disposal. The holiday season is here, and while many people are finishing up their to-do list, wrapping the last of their presents and finalizing their travel plans, members […]
Corrugated, Sustainability
Corrugated – a Better Solution to plastics?
This past summer my younger daughter, who will be a college senior, spent a lot of time at the beach. But it wasn’t to sunbathe or swim. She is an Environmental Studies major and as part of her senior capstone project she interned at a Cleveland-based organization that is a member of the Alliance for […]
Corrugated, Innovation, Sustainability
Corrugated industry makes strides in reducing environmental impact
A new life-cycle assessment from the Corrugated Packaging Alliance notes advancements made between 2006 and 2014 in GHG reduction, recovery rates, water usage, and more. The Corrugated Packaging Alliance has released a new U.S. corrugated industry life-cycle assessment (LCA), which shows the corrugated industry’s environmental progress. “The LCA results demonstrate the efforts our mills and converting facilities are […]
Corrugated, Innovation, Sustainability
The 10 most challenging types of packaging to recover and recycle
Multilayer laminates and compostable plastics head the list of the Top 10 packaging recycling challenges for a Material Recovery Facility that’s the topic of a new white paper from PAC Next. The executive director responds to the results of the paper in this Packaging Digest exclusive. Source : www.packagingdigest.com One of the biggest sustainable packaging challenges […]