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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Green Portal Net Directory- Sustainable Packaging</title><link>http://greenportal.netsustainable-packaging-portal/</link><description>Welcome to Green Portal Net, a blog and directory for green resources. </description><item><title>Be Green Packaging</title> <link> http://www.begreenpackaging.com/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Be Green Packaging is a new company established&amp;nbsp;in 2007. Their driving idea is to manufacture sustainable alternatives to standard food packaging.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The company is reducing&amp;nbsp;waste through composting practices.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The key product of Be Green is the patented Cradle-to-Cradle, tree-free, compostable packaging for the food and industrial packaging industries.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:44:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Design &amp; Source</title> <link> http://www.design-and-source.com</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Design &amp;amp; Source Productions is all about design, development and production of innovative packaging solutions for companies' corporate identity.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The company knows that for each material used there are pros and cons, but is doing everything possible to enlarge its offer based on &quot;green&quot; materials. Their concept is aligned with the 5 &quot;R&quot;s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew, Rethink and the aim is to create accountability around the total lifecycle of the packaging.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:39:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Environmental Packaging International</title> <link> http://www.enviro-pac.com</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environmental Packaging International&lt;/strong&gt; (EPI) is a consultancy specializing in compliance with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws for packaging, batteries, and electronics. EPI offers a full range of customized regulatory tracking, research, and compliance management services.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;We assist companies in managing their data and reporting for fee payment, the Walmart scorecard and similar customer requirements, Essential Requirements, and corporate sustainability goals. EPI assists many of its clients in integrating aspects of environmental compliance such as data collection, fee calculation and reporting into their supply chain management, product design process, and other business systems. EPI also helps companies implement software solutions to their international reporting needs.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;EPI clients include Fortune 500 companies from various industries such as IT and office electronics, health care, cosmetics, industrial machinery, toys, packaging suppliers and distributors, paper goods, software, consumer electronics, food service and consumer foods as well as trade associations and small companies that export packaged products.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:01:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Innovia Films</title> <link> http://www.innoviafilms.com</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Innovia Films is a packaging company and a leading global producer of speciality high performance Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) and Cellulose films, with a typical use in the tobacco industries.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Innovia Films has been supplying overwrap films to the tobacco industry for over 25 years under its brand name Propafilm&amp;trade;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Recently, NatureFlex&amp;trade; renewable and compostable cellulose films were added to the range for this market.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:51:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Package Machinery Co Inc.</title> <link> http://www.packagemachinery.com</link><description>&lt;p&gt;At Package Machinery we believe that our machines should help CPG companies achieve their goals of an attractive barrier wrap at a reasonable price and at a minimal impact in terms of energy, material and environment, regardless of the origins of the wrapping material.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;We work to make sure that our machines handle a wide range of gauges of film, paper, or cellophane. We test new materials as often as we can to make sure that our customers have good choices in their sustainability goals.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;We work hard to make sure that our customers know about all their options in wrapping material and what the trade-offs are of each.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:28:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PAKIT - Sustainable by Design</title> <link> http://www.pakitinc.com</link><description>PAKIT is a canadian machine builder (OEM) for packaging equipment.
Company's patented manufacturing process for fibre based packaging increases the quality of the products an uses much less energy for the drying stage.
PAKIT's sustainable development strategy is focusing on several layers:
1. Energy Efficiency
2. Minimizing the water consumption through a &quot;closed loop&quot; water system, which recycles water and recovers steam generated during the production process.
3. Safety of the equipment.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:45:59 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>