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Method Refill Pouch Packaging Expanding

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Published: February 4, 2010Posted in: BlogTags: , ,
Method Refill Pouch Packaging Expanding

San Francisco-based Method is finding success with its innovative packaging configuration for its liquid hand soap refills.  Method’s refill pouch is now widely available across the country and according to Method’s Katie Molinari will be expanding into other forms of their liquid soaps by March.

According to Method the refill pouch uses 83% less plastic than a similar PET bottle and in turn needs less energy to produce. “Consumers are responding well to the refill and we encourage our customers to purchase refills when available as they use considerably less plastic than thick PET containers,” said Molinari.  Method hand wash refills are currently available at Target and other stores including Home Depot, Schnucks, Gristedes and more.

Via: http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/packaging_design_innovation_/index.html

Recycled iPod Packaging

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Published: February 4, 2010Posted in: BlogTags: , ,
Recycled iPod Packaging

The cases themselves are made from recycled leather, and the packaging is 90 percent recycled paper.This packaging is only using 10 percent raw materials, and the rest of the content has been rescued from landfills. In an ideal world the packaging will be recycled again

Via: http://earth911.com/blog/2008/02/16/green-way-packers/

Innocent 100% recycled PET packaging

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Published: February 3, 2010Posted in: BlogTags: , , , ,
Innocent 100% recycled PET packaging

Innocent has been trying to use a higher proportion of recycled plastic PET material, and less virgin material, in the bottles for its 250ml smoothies since 2000. Then, 25% recycled PET was the technical and manufacturing limit. In 2005 Innocent upped its use of recycled materials and bottles were made using 50% recycled material.

The new 100% recycled PET bottles also use 20% less material overall than the previous generation and Innocent says manufacturing the bottle uses 55% less carbon.

Four of Innocent’s smoothie ranges – its strawberries and bananas; natural detox: pomegranates, blueberries and acai; pineapples, bananas and coconuts and natural slow-release energy: guavas, mangoes and goi berries – have already been bottled into 100% recycled PET and Innocent plans to switch all its ranges to the material by January 2008.

Jessica Sansom, Innocent’s sustainability manager, explains why using recycled material in its packaging was so important for the brand: “Not only is it a world first, but it means that next year innocent will be saving over one thousand tonnes of C02 which is great news for the planet.”

Via: http://innocentdrinks.typepad.com/