Join us at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Sept. 29–Oct. 1, for the Reusable Packaging Learning Center, featuring two days of expert-led education on innovation, efficiency, and sustainability in transport packaging.
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Join us at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Sept. 29–Oct. 1, for the Reusable Packaging Learning Center, featuring two days of expert-led education on innovation, efficiency, and sustainability in transport packaging.
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Congratulations to America’s Best Coffee (ABC) Roasting Company for earning an Honorable Mention in the RPA Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award Program. The specialty coffee roaster successfully eliminated two recurring sources of…
Food News International published a white paper by RPA member Polymer Solutions that details the unsuspecting ways that harmful pathogens some times enter the food processing area via material handling items
PECO Pallet, Inc. was recently awarded two sustainability awards by leading industry publications. PECO was named a “Top Green Provider” by Food Logistics magazine, which recognizes companies who are enhancing sustainability within the food and beverage industry. PECO was also honored by the editors of Inbound Logistics as a 2014 Green Supply Chain (G75) partner, in recognition of the company’s sustainable supply chain, logistics, and transportation practices. PECO Pallet is profiled in the June issues of both publications.
Over three quarters of supply chain executives and operations managers predict their firms will increase their focus on sustainability over the next three years, according to a survey.
The poll, conducted by PwC and the APICS Foundation and titled “Sustainable Supply Chains: Making Value the Priority,” found 43 per cent of respondents attributed cost reduction to supply chain sustainability initiatives and 35 per cent reported improvements in their company’s environmental impact.
IFCO is pleased to announce the achievement of a significant milestone this fiscal year: one billion annual reusable plastic container (RPC) shipments from producers to retail locations throughout the world. The record number represents more than 20 years of growth for IFCO RPCs and confirms the benefits retailers and grower-shippers continue to see from IFCO solutions.
Walmart produced a video that ‘examines the life cycle of products to find ways to conserve natural resources.’ The video focuses on the strategies that Plumrose USA, a supplier of…
Cincinnati based KLW Plastics has introduced a sustainable product to the plastics tight-head container category for the packaging of industrial and consumer liquids. The UN approved E-Tainer™, an exclusive product of KLW Plastics, is the first application of multi-layer manufacturing technology in the tight-head container marketplace.
According to a study undertaken in 2012 by thermal protection packaging provider Minnesota Thermal Science in cooperation with The University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering it shows reusable pharma container ‘significantly’ reduces environmental impact.
The University of Guelph, Ontario Agricultural College recently completed a study on the sanitary status of delivered reusable plastic containers at five fresh produce packing operations in Ontario and Quebec….
The Reusable Packaging Association is proud to announce that Finelite is the winner of the Reusable Packaging Association’s second annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award. The winner was announced at the RPA Networking Reception at PACK EXPO in Las Vegas.