March 2012

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AB 1583 New California Legislation Targets Pallet Theft

Pal­let and con­tainer theft in Cal­i­for­nia has been an ongo­ing prob­lem, as we were reminded of with the most recent pal­let theft arrests by the plas­tic indus­trial theft task force. New leg­is­la­tion has been intro­duced in Cal­i­for­nia, pre­sum­ably with the intent to deter pal­let theft in that state. Cal­i­for­nia state assem­bly mem­ber Roger Hernán­dez has intro­duced …read more

Fabri-Form Ranked in Top 10

In early March of 2012 Plas­tics News released the results from a North Amer­i­can sur­vey which ranked the Top Indus­trial Ther­mo­form­ers. After the sur­veys were tal­lied Fabri-Form was ranked #7 in North Amer­ica.…read more

Reusable Packaging in Today’s Supply Chain

Reusable Packaging in Today’s Supply Chain

Much of the reusable pack­ag­ing in the sup­ply chain is uti­lized inter­nally, from one busi­ness to another, says Mike Hacht­man, board chair­man of the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion. But the strongest growth is found in retail because com­pa­nies see the value in it.…read more

Los Angeles police shut down two recyclers in industrial theft investigation

Inves­ti­ga­tors shut down two more fraud­u­lent plas­tics recy­cling oper­a­tions in Los Ange­les County, arrested seven indi­vid­u­als includ­ing own­ers and con­fis­cated three pellet-producing grinders.…read more

Arrows Up, Inc. Joins Reusable Packaging Association; Brings Experience in Agricultural and Custom-Built Reusables

Arrows Up, Inc. Joins Reusable Packaging Association; Brings Experience in Agricultural and Custom-Built Reusables

Arrows Up, Inc. has joined the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion to strengthen their mutual goal of increas­ing the adop­tion of reusables and to bring the Association’s resources and exper­tise to the agri­cul­tural and other new mar­kets.…read more

Federal Supply Services Int. Joins Reusable Packaging Association; Broadens Association’s Range of Expertise

The newest mem­ber to join the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion, Fed­eral Sup­ply Ser­vices Inter­na­tional, brings with it unique capa­bil­i­ties and expe­ri­ence within the reusable sup­ply chain. The veteran-owned and –oper­ated busi­ness sup­plies reusables that sup­port the US gov­ern­ment and its Depart­ment of Defense inte­grated sup­ply chain man­age­ment sys­tem. …read more

RPA and StopWaste Host Reusable Packaging Workshop in Salt Lake City

The Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion (RPA) is team­ing up with Stop­Waste Part­ner­ship to host a Use Reusables Work­shop in Salt Lake City, UT on March 21. Other par­tic­i­pants in the work­shop are the Utah Col­lege of Applied Tech­nol­ogy, the Utah Man­u­fac­tur­ers Asso­ci­a­tion, and the Utah Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Qual­ity (UDEQ).…read more