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Greener Package Awards Competition Honors Eight Entries
The second annual Greener Package Awards competition recognizes innovations that significantly reduce packaging’s environmental footprint. Members of the Greener Package Expert Network selected sustainable packaging winners in five categories, plus Innovator of the Year, choosing from nearly 100 entries.
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 30, 2010 Summit Publishing Company is pleased to announce the winners of the second annual Greener Package Awards for packaging sustainability. Greener Package (www.greenerpackage.com), the online sustainable packaging knowledge exchange, received 98 entries for this year’s competition – an impressive investment of resources by consumer packaged goods companies, suppliers, and individuals to move the packaging community toward greater sustainability. The eight winners, chosen by members of the Greener Package Expert Network, demonstrate that sustainability can be found in a myriad of technologies and materials. The event’s increased number of entrants – up 57% over last year – also shows that innovation around sustainability continues at a fast pace, providing many companies with a positive economic payback during challenging financial times.
Outstanding among the entrants was this year’s Beyond the Package Award winner and Innovator of the Year, corrugated converter Vanguard Packaging. In October 2009, the company completed the three-year development of a 250,000-sq-ft subterranean manufacturing facility, adjacent to its existing 150,000-sq-ft underground fulfillment and assembly plant, in the Hunt Midwest Subtropolis industrial park in Kansas City, MO. The operation and facility boast a variety of green initiatives, which have resulted in big sustainability gains and cost savings for Vanguard.
Seven other companies also received awards, including The Coca-Cola Co. for its 30% plant-based PlantBottle™. This is the first commodity resin partially derived from plants that is fully recyclable in community programs, which also ties into Coca-Cola’s commitment to recycling via their “Give it Back” campaign, said to be the largest in the world. KFC Corp.’s sustainable sides container was also a winner. The new polypropylene container and lid replaces KFC’s former single-use expanded polystyrene version for side dishes. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare’s new 6-oz Aquafresh White & Shine toothpaste carton won for its use of a technology that enables the package to achieve a shimmering holographic appearance without the use of a film lamination. This process results in a package that can be recycled in traditional paperboard recycling streams without the concerns of contamination due to a polyester layer and metal content.
Also a winner was Ball Horticultural Co.’s new SoilWrap® bio-based plantable, compostable plant container, said to completely eliminate 100% of the environmental impact of the package, while reducing related fuel emissions. The bottomless pot design depends upon the use of Mirel polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) sugar-based resins. Household Essentials LLC won an award for its Ironing Board Cover & Pad. The laundry and storage products company eliminated the polyvinyl chloride pouch package and designed a cover and pad with a sewn-in pouch that becomes the primary package when the product is folded up and tucked into it. A 100%-recycled paperboard bellyband around the cloth construction carries marketing information in nontoxic ink.
Bway Corp. won for its 100%-recyclable pail that provides an enhanced package footprint. The 5-gallon Eco-Pail™ affords a number of sustainability advantages over a traditional high-density polyethylene pail. And ultimately, it provides a cradle-to-cradle alternative to a package that typically is disposed of in a landfill. Cryopak Industries, Inc. won for its TimeSaver72 insulated shipper for temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products. Through the use of its Phase 5™ phase-change material (PCM), the TimeSaver72 is able to maintain products within a 2°C to 8°C temperature range for up to 72 hours in a package that is smaller and lighter than conventional shippers of similar capacity.
Award winners will be on display at this year’s PACK EXPO International, October 31-November 2 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. For complete coverage of all the 2010 Greener Package Award winners, visit http://www.greenerpackage.com/optimization/2010_greener_package_awards_honor_eight_sustainable_innovations
About Summit Publishing Company
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Attorney Yvonne Ballesteros Joins Price Waicukauski & Riley
Price Waicukauski & Riley, which is located in Indianapolis, IN, welcomes new attorney Yvonne Ballesteros to the firm.
Indianapolis, IN (Vocus) August 30, 2010 The firm of Price Waicukauski & Riley is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Yvonne Ballesteros to its team of lawyers. Ms. Ballesteros joins the firm with extensive litigation experience as a former federal law clerk and associate at Lim, Ruger & Kim, LLP in Los Angeles, California.
During her time at Lim, Ruger & Kim, LLP, Ms. Ballesteros was involved in a class action case representing over 300 tenants and secured a multi-million dollar settlement. She also was involved in all phases of litigation strategy and trial preparation in business litigation matters, including witness preparation and defending depositions.
Ms. Ballesteros graduated from the UCLA School of Law in May of 2006 where she served as the Co-Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor of the Chicano Law Review, the Vice Chair of the national Latino Students Association, and the Co-Chair of the La Raza Student Association. She was also selected as a Mexican American Bar Foundation Scholarship Recipient, and as a Thurgood Marshall’s Council on Legal Education Opportunity Program Fellow. During law school, she served as Law Clerk for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
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Lisa Gallo Accepted Into American Society of Tax Problem Solvers
Lisa Gallo of Larson Financial, Inc. is a a new member of the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers (ASTPS). ASTPS is a non-profit group of professionals who represent taxpayers before the IRS. Larson Financial, Inc, assists clients in all 50 states with tax debt resolution.
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Hoboken, NJ (August 2010)—Despite all the hopeful talk of “recovery,” it seems clear that Corporate America is stuck in the recession muck and can’t pull itself out. We’re trying to survive the “new normal”—working twice as hard for the same (or worse) results—and at many companies, the anxiety is almost palpable. Yes, employees are in a funk and, not surprisingly, their performance is suffering. Most managers get the connection. But we’re so busy racing through the day we can’t slow down to worry about little things like how employees feel.
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WORCESTER, ENGLAND, August 20, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A Bird and Co website, 360 Diversity, has helped Core Assets Group win the EFA and EFB Best Small Organisation award. |
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NEW YORK, NY, August 20, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- With the free online software developed by Wix, you can create your very own website for your business, organization or personal interests and hobbies, without paying a professional web designer or learning computer mark-up languages like HTML or CSS. And even for a professional web designer, the drag & drop interface makes it a cinch to quickly churn out high quality websites for clients without building everything organically from the bottom up. All it takes to publish a free website is an Internet connection, an e-mail address and a few minutes. |
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MAPLE GROVE, MN, August 20, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Family and cosmetic dentists in Maple Grove, Dr. Francis and Dr. Mazhary, are committed to accommodating the needs of their patients. That's why these Maple Grove dentists are now offering patients the ability to easily and conveniently request an appointment via the practice's website. |
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(1888PressRelease) - Designed by KTGY and developed by Thompson | Dorfman Partners, a new housing development for professors and staff of the San Mateo County Community College District is celebrating its grand opening.KTGY Group, Inc., Architectural and Planning, is pleased to announce today that a much anticipated housing development for professors and staff of the San Mateo County Community College District (Cañada College, College of San Mateo and Skyline College) is celebrating its grand opening. Developed by Mill Valley, Calif.-based Education Housing Partners, a non-profit affiliate of Thompson | Dorfman Partners, LLC, and designed by KTGY, Cañada Vista in Redwood City will provide 60 high quality, affordable apartment homes for faculty and staff at below market rates, and will serve as an effective recruiting and retention tool for the San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD).
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TESSIN, SWITZERLAND, August 16, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Noxel is introducing radical and revolutionary new Digital Signage Solution that sets this industry free from the limitations and hassle of personal computers (PCs) |
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(1888PressRelease) - With an entirely new look, MMAresultsonline.com has undergone a dramatic change in terms of its overall look and design. The website is set up to help visitors find everything they need. It is the best place to go for regular updates on UFC bouts and fighter information.What sets this particular UFC website apart from the others is its consistency and up-to-date results. It features a brand new MMA apparel store, including a number of new T-Shirts that fighters walk out with. There is a wide variety of products to choose from, something which many fans who visit will appreciate. If you have seen an MMA fighter wearing it you will find it here.
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CARLSBAD, CA, August 16, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- RealCapitalMarkets.com, LLC's (RCM1) , a leading provider of transaction management software for commercial property and note sales, today announces that has received the SAS 70 Type II certification from independent auditing firm KirkpatrickPrice. SAS 70 is an internationally-recognized standard from the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts which reviews all levels of technology service providers over a six-month period for business practices, communication, internal procedures, and security. |
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