Now Accepting Entries: 2026 Excellence in Reusable Packaging Awards – Deadline is May 1.
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Now Accepting Entries: 2026 Excellence in Reusable Packaging Awards – Deadline is May 1.
Apply here.
As part of its ongoing effort to build stronger working relationships with other key industry associations, the Reusable Packaging Association will host a Reusables Conference at the new MODEX show in Atlanta, GA, February 6 – 8, 2012. Register online.
Reduce, reuse, recycle. These have been the three legs of the stool called sustainable packaging for about as long as I can remember. But these days it seems that only two of the three—reduce and recycle—are talked about all that much. So it’s refreshing to see recent reports confirming that reusable containers are alive and well.
— Alpha Baking, a national distributor of fresh and frozen breads, rolls and buns with four plants and multiple depots across the United States, is testing a fully integrated asset tracking solution to determine its effectiveness in reducing bakery tray loss. Prior to the pilot, Alpha Baking, based in Chicago, experienced significant tray loss each year, with no visibility to where the loss was occurring. It partnered with The Kennedy Group and ORBIS Corporation to conduct a 9-month pilot using radio-frequency identification tag (RFID) technology to track trays and determine areas of tray loss within their supply chain.
Many companies are reaping the financial and environmental benefits of incorporating reusable packaging solutions into their supply chain. However, every supply chain is different and this requires that a company identify and measure its own unique factors to determine whether reusables are the right solution.
Insightful observations made by Michael Burkett, Managing Vice President, Gartner after attending the recent Extended Supply Chain conference in London
Kimberly-Clark, Johnson & Johnson and Waste Management are among the companies founding a technical coalition to develop recycling and packaging innovations for medical products.
Jerry Welcome, President of the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA), announced today that Fitzmark, Inc., has become the association’s first-ever freight and logistics company.
RPA is pleased to welcome its newest member company, Millwood Inc, Vienna, OH. Greg Jarvis, Director of Supply Integration, Sustainability & Logistic Services will serve as the company’s representative to the RPA.
This month members from the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) will be speaking on topics about reusable packaging at a number of seminars, trade shows and other meetings. This is part of the RPA’s continuing effort to promote the value of reusable packaging in the marketplace.
When evaluating a pallet program against your operational criteria— including environmental concerns— the best result comes from looking at the issue in two parts: the pallet itself, and the pallet program.