The Glass Packaging Institute’s Edition X of the Standard FLEXO Color Guide for printing inks on corrugated will be available for purchase in April 2009 on the GPI website.
The Color Guide is a critical companion for ink, corrugated companies and their customers who desire the most accurate color match when printing on corrugated substrates. New with this release, Edition X will include inks printed on both white top and natural (brown) substrates.
 “I am excited to see this guide be the first digitally available to the industry. This is an extreme offering of GPI to support the industry for communicating color universally,” says Dallas Galbreath, Technical Service Administrator for Dynamic Dies Inc. and one of two “referees” on the project. As referees, Galbreath and Scott Gilbert, Smurfit Stone, oversaw the printing process and acted as the end customer to approve colors. “It was a great opportunity to continue the integrity of the color guide through current quality standards.” More
Saint-Gobain Wins EPA's ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., a leading producer of glass containers for the food and beverage industries in the U.S., as a 2009 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. The award, which recognizes outstanding energy management and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, will be presented at a ceremony in Washington, DC on March 31, 2009.
“As the first glass manufacturer to receive this award, Saint-Gobain Containers is honored to be recognized for our commitment to energy management, our ability to measure and track progress in this area, and our efforts to communicate the importance of energy efficiency,” said Philip McPherson, Senior Vice President of Technology at Saint-Gobain Containers.
Through a range of energy-awareness programs, process improvements, and energy management practices, Saint-Gobain's reduction in energy-use equated to a decrease in carbon dioxide emissions released to the atmosphere of nearly 70,000 tons in 2008.
“Energy efficiency remains the most cost-effective way to reduce our energy costs and our carbon footprint,” said Joseph R. Grewe, President and CEO of Saint-Gobain Containers. Award winners are selected from more than 12,000 organizations that participate in the ENERGY STAR program. More
PACKAGING TRENDS
A Look Inside: Glowelle Beauty Drink
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“It was important to us to offer a premium product in a sustainable quality package, like our unique ready-to-drink glass bottle, so that consumers can feel great about drinking our product, but also don’t have to worry about sustainability.”
—Paul DaSilva
Packaging Development Manager
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GPI recently talked with Paul DaSilva, Packaging Development Manager at Nestle USA, about Glowelle, a new ready-to-drink beverage for women that boasts a blend of powerhouse antioxidants for healthy, glowing, “got-to-have-it” skin. Paul gives us a “look inside” Glowelle, a revolutionary inside-out beauty beverage.
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Recyclable Packaging Ranks Highest With Consumers
A recent Hartman Group study of 1,600 consumers found the packaging feature that matters most is that it’s recyclable. Three in four consumers, or 75%, ranked the ability to return a package to the marketplace via curbside bins as either “very important” or “important.” Biodegradability ranked second (71%) and minimal packaging third at 62%.
Consumers also placed containers composed of recycled content high, at 67%. According to the report, consumers pay attention to environmental claims on packaging and respond to the three Rs—Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. More
LEGISLATION
Connecticut Expands Container Deposit Law to Water Bottles
 As part of a legislative package aimed at reducing the state’s deficit, Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell signed into law a provision that expands the state’s container deposit program to include water bottles. All flavored and unflavored water bottles will soon carry a refundable five-cent deposit.
The state is expecting to see an annual revenue increase of $13 million from the newly added unreturned containers. Earlier this year, Governor Rell signed legislation that would mandate all unredeemed deposits go to the state’s General Fund. Connecticut is among the dozens of states seeking to mend large deficits in the coming year.
GPI Supports NC Tax Credit Legislation
 North Carolina House Bill 249 was recently reintroduced and provides for a tiered tax credit of either $250 or $500 per year to assist Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) permit holders comply with the state’s law requiring them to recycle all bottles and cans. GPI has sent a letter of support to the bill’s author, Rep. Pryor Gibson.
The law requiring ABC permit holders to recycle all containers was successful in its inaugural year, 2008, generating roughly 45,000 tons of glass, much of it going to glass container plants. Currently, the costs to comply with the ABC law are born solely by the permit holder and estimated to be $1,800 annually.
GLASS RECYCLING
Glass Recycling Gets Boost from 2008 CA DOC Grants
In December 2008, the California Department of Conservation announced $20 million in Recycling Market Development and Expansion Grants to 20 state projects that support environmental and economic innovation in recycling beverage containers. Matching funds totaled more than $72 million.
2008 grant recipients include four that specifically target glass container recycling. Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc., will develop a specialized mini-cullet plant in Tracy, CA to produce higher quality feedstock for glass bottle manufacturing. eCullet, Inc., will develop, manufacture, and commission a compact pre-processing and sorter system for glass from a materials recovery facility to produce furnace-ready cullet. TOMRA Pacific, Inc., will purchase equipment and construct a new glass processing facility in Commerce, CA. And finally, Vetrazzo, LLC, which will manufacture countertops with recycled glass, is adding cleaning equipment to their facility.
Funds for the grants come from unclaimed California Refund Value (CRV) on aluminum, glass, and plastic beverage containers. The 2009 grant round opens around March 13, 2009. Get details
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More ways to Reuse Glass Bottles
Wang Jianguang of China set the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to bicycle ten meters on glass bottles. How long did it take? Watch and find out
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