Our nation's schools send 5 billion milk and juice cartons to landfills each year. Clearly, there is work to be done. Your company can specify cartons made of paperboard, and you can get involved in your child’s school recycling efforts.

Aurora Organic Dairy has reduced its shuttling of products to and from cold storage by 90% by opening a new energy-efficient plant in Platteville, Colo.

Milk and juice cartons can account for a large percentage of the cafeteria waste that is produced on a daily basis. The average U.S. school uses almost 75,000 cartons every year.

Earth day was a powerful First Act to what could be a wonderful stage production by drawing worldwide attention to universal environmental issues and setting the stage for changes needed in our own consumption patterns.  Now, our collective task is to make sure the Second Act is just as strong. In this regard, government, institutions and corporations here in the United States must now play leading roles because the simple truth is that America lives higher on the energy scale than any other country in the world 

 Ecologic Brands, creator of the first molded fiber bottle made from recycled cardboard, showed its eco.bottle line of stock molded fiber bottles at Pack Expo.

North American IML Containers, along with Sun Valley Dairy (Voskos), launched a two-compartment yogurt container (RDLS35/170) to address the customer’s need to create a dual component yogurt parfait.