GreenBlue® Reports on Sustainability of Decorative Processes on Paperboard

GreenBlue®, a non-profit organization developed to equip businesses with the science and resources to make products more sustainable, has recently released a suite of reports that provides technical guidance on how to design packaging to be compatible with common recovery methods. Separate reports have been developed for aluminum, steel, glass and paper packaging.

Closing the Loop: Design for Recovery Guidelines for Paper Packaging (the Guidelines) provides information that is necessary to assess the potential recyclability of a new type of package before it is released into the marketplace. According to GreenBlue® Project Leader Elizabeth Shoch, “The goal of the Closing the Loop project is to improve the overall recovery of packaging materials, primarily by connecting two parts of the supply chain that rarely interact: packaging designers and recyclers. The hope is that if designers are aware of the impact they have on packaging recovery, they may change their practices and design with the end in mind.”

Shoch further explained that specifically for paper packaging, the Guidelines’ primary purpose was to examine the various treatments that are applied to paper packaging, assess their purpose in packaging and try to determine how each treatment impacts the recycling or composting process – the two beneficial end-of-life options for paper packaging in the US. “To our knowledge,” said Shoch, “this information has not been previously collected anywhere.” more

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Diamond Packaging Wins Three Awards in 2011 Gold Ink Awards Competition

Diamond Packaging won three awards in the 2011 Gold Ink Awards competition, the industry’s most prestigious print competition.

Competing against more than 1,000 entries from around the world, Diamond won recognition for packaging produced for Coty's Beyoncé Heat and McGraw Silver fragrances, and for its own 2011 Centennial Calendar. Winning pieces were chosen based on print quality, technical difficulty, and overall visual effect.

Diamond created striking new packaging for Beyoncé Heat, a sensual, sexy, and sophisticated fragrance that embodies the soul of Beyoncé's persona.

The overall presentation imparts unusual depth and distinction through innovative design, material selection, UV gloss spot coating, foil stamping, embossing, and debossing. more

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