Diamond Wins Five Awards in 31st Annual packagePRINTING Excellence Awards Competition

P&G's Secret Clinical Strength folding carton won First
Place in the Sustainability category.

Diamond Packaging won five awards, including all three in the “Sustainability – Folding Cartons” category, in the 31st annual packagePRINTING Excellence Awards, the industry's only competition recognizing the highest level of printing quality and technical achievement across the full range of packaging segments – labels, flexible packaging, folding cartons, and corrugated cartons.

Winners were chosen from hundreds of entries submitted in over 40 different categories. Entries were judged on print quality, functionality, and secondary converting and finishing attributes.

Diamond won awards for P&G's Secret Clinical Strength folding carton, Elizabeth Arden's Viva La Juicy Sucré folding carton, Iovate Health Sciences International’s HydroxyCut Max for Women folding carton, and two awards for its 2017 corporate calendar.

All of Diamond’s winning entries were manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy and produced in a Zero Manufacturing Waste to Landfill (ZMWL) facility.

Read the packagePRINTING Excellence Awards press release.

Contact Diamond to request folding carton samples.

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Diamond Packaging to Celebrate Earth Day 2017 at the Seneca Park Zoo

Diamond Packaging to celebrate
Earth Day 2017 at the Seneca Park Zoo

Diamond Packaging will celebrate Earth Day 2017 by partnering with the Seneca Park Zoo on Saturday, April 22, from 10 AM to 4 PM.

Diamond employees will help kids plant trees as part of the TICCIT (“Trees into Cartons, Cartons into Trees”) program, an educational outreach program for school-aged children held every year to honor Earth Day and highlight the renewability and sustainability of paper and paperboard packaging.

Now in its third year, Diamond's Earth Day partnership with the Zoo is an ideal way to educate and inspire visitors about conservation. It is also an opportunity to discuss the company's industry-leading sustainability initiatives, including utilizing FSC® certified paperboards, using clean, renewable wind energy for 100% of its electrical energy requirements, and achieving zero manufacturing waste to landfill status.

Read the Earth Day press release.

Learn more about Diamond's sustainability initiatives.

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Waste Advantage Magazine Publishes Case Study on Diamond's Zero Waste Initiative

Waste Advantage publishes zero waste case study on
Diamond Packaging

According to the EPA, packaging accounts for 23 percent of the material reaching landfills each year. While Diamond Packaging’s designers work to make packaging more recyclable upstream, a partnership with Covanta offers a solution to increase recycling and eliminate landfilling from the manufacturing process.

With Covanta's help, Diamond increased recycling and eliminated waste sent to landfills.

Read the zero waste case study that appears in the February 2017 issue of Waste Advantage magazine.

Learn more about Diamond's sustainability initiatives.

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Covanta Publishes Case Study on Diamond's Zero Manufacturing Waste to Landfill Initiative

Covanta published a case study on Diamond Packaging's
zero manufacturing waste to landfill initiative.

The biggest challenge faced by a company that’s defined itself as innovative and sustainability‐focused since 1911 is to remain on the forefront of green business operation.

After more than a century of sustainable business practices - in an industry where waste can quickly mount - making a difference often comes down to the incremental steps a company chooses to take.

Diamond Packaging chose the road less traveled, becoming the only American‐owned folding carton manufacturer to achieve zero manufacturing waste‐to‐landfill status: the gold standard of green business operation.

With the help of Covanta, as well as additional partners, the waste stream that leaves the Diamond Packaging facility eventually returns to it in the form of raw materials.

Download the zero waste case study published by Covanta Environmental Solutions.

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Diamond Featured in the April/May Issue of Beauty Packaging Magazine

The L'Oreal Paris Age Perfect folding carton features tightly
registered foil and embossing accents.

Diamond Packaging is featured in the April/May 2016 issue of Beauty Packaging magazine.

The article, titled “Simply ‘Green’ Packaging”, explores how a new generation of consumers and corporate executives are nourishing the growth of environmentally friendly packaging

Diamond’s sustainability practices are highlighted, as well as the printing and converting techniques used in the production of the L’Oréal Paris Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition folding carton. more

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Diamond Wins Six Awards in 72nd Annual Paperboard Packaging Competition

Elizabeth Arden's 5th Avenue NYC Premiere
folding carton won a Gold Award

Diamond Packaging won six awards in the 72nd annual North American Paperboard Packaging Competition, the industry’s premier showcase for all that is new and outstanding in paperboard packaging design and technology. Awards were presented last month at the PPC Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference in Indianapolis, IN.

Diamond won a Gold Award for Elizabeth Arden's 5th Avenue NYC Premiere carton. The packaging features metallized polyester board and intricate foil stamping and embossing accents. The brilliant, mirror-like finish of the substrate makes it a perfect choice for conveying the stunning graphics.

The carton was converted utilizing metallized polyester board and offset printed with purple, dense black, and opaque white inks, in-line with DiamondTouch soft touch coating. The overall DiamondTouch soft touch coating provides an appealing tactile quality that promotes consumer interaction. The high gloss foil stamped and embossed accents on the front and rear panels add distinction and reinforce 5th Avenue as a luxury brand. more

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Diamond Packaging Celebrates Earth Day 2015

Diamond Packaging Celebrates Earth Day 2015

Diamond Packaging celebrated Earth Day by participating in Seneca Park Zoo's "Party for the Planet" on April 18, 2015.

Diamond employees helped 150 children plant trees as part of the TICCIT (“Trees into Cartons, Cartons into Trees”) program, an outreach and educational program for school-aged children held every year at the end of April to honor Earth Day and highlight the renewability and sustainability of paper and paperboard packaging. more

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What is Energy-from-Waste (EfW) ?

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) video

Zero manufacturing waste to landfill is defined by Diamond Packaging as 100% landfill waste diversion through a combination of recycling and energy recovery solutions. In Diamond’s case it accounts for all waste related to the manufacture of folding cartons, including paperboard, plastic, metal, industrial waste, and regulated waste, with the exception of construction and demolition (CD) waste.

To achieve zero manufacturing waste to landfill status, Diamond’s two manufacturing facilities reduced their overall waste streams and increased recycling rates to approximately 98 percent. All remaining waste is sent for fuels blending or to Covanta Energy for Energy-from-Waste (EfW), eliminating the need for landfill disposal.

What is Energy-from-Waste (EfW)?

This video, produced by the ASME Energy Forum and Covanta Energy, uses colorful drawings, diagrams and step-by-step explanations to explain the EfW process.

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Diamond Packaging Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill Status

Diamond Packaging Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill Status

Diamond Packaging today announced that it has achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill status, an important milestone towards meeting its future goal of zero waste to landfill. The recovery and recycling program is a natural evolution of the company’s greenbox sustainability initiative and one which will provide long-term environmental and economic benefits.

Zero manufacturing waste to landfill is defined by Diamond Packaging as 100% landfill waste diversion through a combination of recycling and energy recovery solutions. In Diamond’s case it accounts for all waste related to the manufacture of folding cartons, including paperboard, plastic, metal, industrial waste, and regulated waste, with the exception of construction and demolition (CD) waste. more

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