New Guidelines for Sustainable Paper Products

Posted on 4/26/2013 3:05:40 PM. By Jeff Timm

Most of my prior www.adhesives.org “Packaging Blogs” that have discussed sustainability issues in the world of packaging hav...

  

The Packaging ‘Environmental Impact’ Discussion Moves to the Mainstream, But Still Causes Confusion

Posted on 4/16/2013 6:54:13 PM. By Jeff Timm

In the world today one cannot escape the mention of environmental impact, green, sustainability and other such terms in almost every pack...

  

ASC Packaging Blog – Summary of Recent Important Packaging Updates

Posted on 3/20/2013 7:40:08 PM. By Jeff Timm

Much has recently occurred in the packaging market that updates and adds more information to some of my previous adhesives.org ASC Pack...

  

New ISO Global Packaging Standards & ASTM E60 Committee on Sustainability

Posted on 3/5/2013 7:19:12 PM. By Jeff Timm

In my whole career with packaging, I have learned about and employed what I call the ‘packaging mantra’ or the six ‘R&r...

  

Canadian Plastic Recycling

Posted on 2/25/2013 2:40:26 PM. By Jeff Timm

The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) recently reported in December, 2012 that post-consumer1 plastic recycled in Canada incr...

  

New Plastic Packaging Recycling Activity

Posted on 2/19/2013 3:55:17 PM. By Jeff Timm

Before discussing recent recycling activity in the packaging market, I want to remind readers of adhesive.org Packaging Blog that my posi...

  

Adhesives & Biobased Technologies

Posted on 1/24/2013 4:55:24 PM. By Jeff Timm

Wow...last week saw one of the first real major breakthroughs in the movement to renewable biobased materials usage in adhesives.  A...

  

2013 Packaging Trends & Forecasts

Posted on 1/17/2013 1:52:05 PM. By Jeff Timm

The beginning of a New Year always brings with it a new beginning and all sorts of New Year resolutions, forecasts and trends.  I ha...

  

The Adhesive & Sealant Council Brings Lots of New Exciting Web Based Features into 2013

Posted on 1/3/2013 4:26:04 PM. By Jeff Timm

As 2012 bids farewell and 2013 knocks on the front door it is customary to reflect on the past year.   March 2012 marked the la...

  

New How2Recycle Label Adds to a More Consumer Friendly Packaging Recycling Effort

Posted on 12/14/2012 11:55:50 PM. By Jeff Timm

Readers of the Adhesives.org Packaging Blog know that I am a proponent of biobased plastics, bioplastics, biodegradable plastics, traditi...