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high demand for biodegradable plastic bottles can provide casey container with fast, immediate sales

12 Mar 2015
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scottsdale, ariz.business wirebiodegradable plastics manufacturer, casey container corp. otc csey &quotcasey&quot, has collected enough prospective business inquiries to reach several hundred million dollars in potential sales, according to one employee. these prospective clients are expected to help casey immediately close business deals once product is available.

the worlds first truly biodegradable water bottle

12 Mar 2015
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our society is addicted to single use, &ldquodisposable&rdquo containers, and as a result, plastic waste is choking our landfills and oceans. recent statistics confirm that the bottled water industry is one of biggest culprits, producing empty plastic bottles to fill a 12&times12 room is being filled from floor to ceiling every 74 seconds.that&rsquos why canadian waterbottler redleaf water has introduced the industry&rsquos first biodegradable and recyclable water bottle the bio bottle.

time to ban biodegradable plastic

12 Mar 2015
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colin williamson explains his plea to stop using biodegradable plastic &lsquoplease don&rsquot use them, don&rsquot recycle them and don&rsquot tell me how wonderful they are.&rsquoin the 21st century drive for sustainability, the concept of biodegradable plastics seems fantastic. the iconic manmade product reverting to nature seems too good to be true. and, of course, like anything that seems too good to be true, it probably is.biodegradable plastics do exist, of course, made from agricultural materials or made by modifying conventional petrochemical based materials.

childresistant packaging meets regulations and consumer needs

12 Mar 2015
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nov 19, 2014by hallie forcinioequipment and processing reportchildresistant cr packaging may be middleaged it dates from the passage of the us poison prevention packaging act pppa of 1970. nevertheless, development efforts continue.in fact, a cr design developed by ecobliss and marketed by locked4kids was recognized as the best innovation in packaging in the pharma awards competition at cphi worldwide in october 2014 in paris 1. the reclosable locked4kids carton consists of tearresistant laminated paperboard and features a polyethylene terephthalate blister tray that locks in place 2.

carlsberg is developing nonclinking, biodegradable beer bottles

12 Mar 2015
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could the sound of clinking beer bottles soon be a thing of the pastcarlsberg is developing the world&rsquos first fully biodegradable bottle for its beer that would be made with sustainable wood fiber.it&rsquos under development now and wouldn&rsquot hit store shelves for about three years, with the aim to replace glass bottles and aluminum containers.

4 ways to avoid wrap rage

12 Mar 2015
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we&rsquove all struggled with blister pack, endless twist ties, and countless jabs from scissors as we try to wrestle open our or our kids&rsquo presents during the holidays.this feeling has an official name &ldquowrap rage.&rdquo it&rsquos the term used for the heightened level of anger and frustration that one gets when trying to open hard to remove packaging, particularly plastic blister packs and clamshells.the consumer product safety commission reports an average of 6,000 people a year suffering &ldquopackaging related injuries.&rdquo this includes the many

frustrationfree packaging redesign

12 Mar 2015
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amazon.com&reg new frustrationfree packaging initiative not only cures online shoppers of &ldquowrap rage&rdquo, it is also a benefit to other retailers selling products online. frustrationfree packaging strips down the original retail packages to the bare essentials or the lowest point of protection needed to ensure the product gets to the customer undamaged.amazon.com recognized that online retailers don&rsquot need the marketing or theft deterring characteristics of traditional retail packaging.