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As companies realize the cost and environmental savings from reimagining how they package and ship their products, it seems that the days of wasteful packaging are drawing to a close. From using only the most minimal packaging to bio-based materials replacing plastics and other non-renewable materials, this section explores how business is innovating to get the most efficiency out of their packaging.
GreenBlue, which focuses on facilitating sustainable product design and materials sourcing, has acquired Metafore, a nonprofit that specializes in sustainable paper purchasing, are joining forces...
Fifty companies have signed up to use a standard, U.K.-specific recycling label for packaging since the label was introduced seven months ago. The program is an attempt to have one type of...
Dell is introducing bamboo cushioning with its Inspiron Mini 10 and Mini 10v netbooks, part of its broader goal to reduce its packaging by 10 percent and use more recyclable material. ...
Marking a shift in tactics after 20 years of certifying individual products or services, the nonprofit green certification group has launched a new project that will measure and seek to improve...
Although many people think of packaging -- especially wasteful packaging -- as an afterthought, as more and more environmental regulations begin to address packaging's impacts, manufacturers are...
Looking at the full impact of any type of product or device -- rather than, say, the cloud of exhaust in front of you on the highway -- opens the door to a whole new understanding of how design...
Cadbury will abandon its customary round metal tins in favor of square, recyclable cardboard boxes for its Roses and Heroes chocolate lines, while Sprint's new recyclable casing for its wireless...
The company that built an empire by turning worm poop into fertilizer and cookie wrappers into backpacks has set its sights on the used plastic packaging from Huggies diapers, Scott toilet paper...
Business has taken me to San Francisco and environs several times in the last few months. Here's my field report on greener lodging and eco-travel options for those of you who are San Francisco...
It seems like a new sustainability certification or standard is announced weekly. As these increase, along with corresponding logos and taglines, so too have questions about their validity and...
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled goals to significantly curb its emissions and petroleum use Thursday, a week after President Barack Obama ordered federal agencies to set create action plans to...
These slides from our October 15th webcast cover the challenges companies face when promoting their green products, and solutions for successful and safe green marketing. ...
A panel discussion webcasted earlier today by GreenBiz.com explored the sticky situation that companies face when they're stuck between customers who want but don't understand green products, and...
It's clear our consumption-centered lifestyle has challenged our planet's ability to support us. Our economy doesn't need to be focused solely on spurring consumption. Here's a guide on how to...
In the latest challenge posed by the editors of Backpacker Magazine to equipment manufacturers, five companies are bringing all their innovations to bear to make hiking boots that tread gently on...
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Oregon-based Pacific Seafood has recycled more than 300,000 pounds of foam packaging in the past year, crushing and selling its waste packaging instead of sending it to landfills.
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Health care company Abbott plans to reduce the weight of its packaging by 5 percent by 2013, and has created more than 40 projects that it's started or plans to begin soon.
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For its latest collection effort, TerraCycle will not be upcycling the waste it brings in. Instead, after collecting used Scotch tape dispensers, TerraCycle will send them back to 3M to be reused...
Starbucks launched a pilot program in seven New York stores last week that could help the company move toward its goal of making all of its coffee cups recyclable by 2012. ...
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