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Time to drop visas for travel between the EU and Russia!
Earlier this year Russia submitted a draft agreement on a visa free regime between Russia and the EU. According to official statements from EU member countries the block is positive towards such an agreement, but believes that ‘that talk of an agreement is still too early’.
Read ArticleSlightly less messy than a cow?
According to correspondence we received the milk bags currently replacing PET bottles are only slightly less messy than a cow.
Read ArticleAre compostable bags composting?
Are those compostable bags, cutlery and cups really being composted? The Sustainable Packaging Coalition in the USA is studying whether materials that were designed to be compostable were actually being sent to composting facilities
Read ArticleThe return of the milk bag
When I first came to Poland in 1982, the only way of buying milk was either in a bottle or a milk bag. Now, nearly thirty years later the idea is coming to western Europe with the British Sainsbury's saying that the days of the milk bottle could be numbered.
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What motivates shoppers to go to the supermarket?
Well mostly it seems, it just to buy a small number of items on a day to day basis (62% of all shopping trips, according to Unilever’s 2004 US study – Trip Management - The Next Big Thing), these shoppers are quick and determined, they know exactly what they want and enter the supermarket, hopefully knowing where to get it.
Read ArticleThe case against bottled water
The statistics are jaw-dropping. In the US, consumption of bottled water now surpasses that of milk, coffee, and beer, generating some 50 billion plastic bottles per year. Despite the fact that most Americans have access to safe drinking water from public water sources thousands of times cheaper, bottled water consumption continues to rise exponentially. While the debate at home rages on over the safety and environmental implications of our changing water supply, in much of the developing world bottled water consumption is also increasing at breakneck pace. Here, though, it’s needed for survival.
Read ArticleWho Are You Packaging Your Product For Anyway?
A brand is a product, service, or concept that is publicly distinguished from other products, services, or concepts so that it can be easily communicated and usually marketed. Branding is today’s hot button when it comes to marketing and advertising. We all want our “signature” brands to be 1st and foremost and easily recognized by our core consumer. The job is to create products with instant brand recognition but very difficult to do in today’s over saturated media environment.
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External influences shaping the face of packaging materials
Consider this recent headline “Tesco pledges to cut packaging by a quarter….” Supermarket giant Tesco today pledged to reduce by a quarter the amount of packaging used in both branded and own-label products within the next three years.
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How new media may shape the packaging industry
Even though packaging is one of the third largest industries, it is always been behind the scenes and not in the forefront of the media. The media and consumers are finally paying attention so the time for a successful packaging blog is now.
Read ArticlePackaging: The Hidden Power Player In A Global Society
Recent international events got me thinking about the role of packaging around the globe. As a result of the recent terrorist plot in the UK, I became more aware of how packaging really impacts our global society in many unique and hidden ways. Putting the nay-sayers aside, (The I Hate Packaging Club is not yet dead. In fact I’m adding a space for this very topic on my new website) packaging really is a major player in a global economy. Yet its role is either unknown or misunderstood by the vast majority of people.
Read ArticleRepurposed Packaging: The Packaging Of The Future?
Now that consumers are really scrutinizing product packaging it seems that two important trends are emerging: consumers either want less or minimal packaging or they want to be able to reuse the packaging that products come in for something else. The name for this is emerging trend is repurposed packaging.
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