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Winpak earns A- in Carbon Disclosure Project assessment

Company reaffirms vision to provide best packaging solutions for people and planet.

March 29, 2024

Winpak Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, announced a score of A- in the 2023 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) assessment as a further demonstration of its commitment to environmental leadership.

Stinky cheese? Not anymore

Cheese plant resolves odor issues

BioAir's EcoBase synthetic media is specifically designed to provide uniform and optimized mass transfer of odorous compounds under a controlled microenvironment.

January 23, 2014

A major Canadian dairy food processing plant recently found itself struggling with odor issues. The plant, which makes a wide range of cheese products for all of Canada, resides in a planned community; careful consideration was given regarding the balance between residential, industrial and commercial usages of the area. Problems with odor destabilized that balance, making local residents and businesses unhappy.

Deep freeze

Nestlé uses natural refrigerants in ice cream chest freezers

The refrigerants are naturally occurring substances (like carbon dioxide, ammonia, water or air) and hydrocarbons (propane and iso-butane).

November 27, 2013

Nestlé has pledged that it will buy only commercial horizontal ice cream chest freezers that use natural refrigerants.

Packaging

Printpack introduces EcoSkin packaging solution

November 14, 2012

Printpack Inc. introduces EcoSkin, a full-body shrink sleeve package designed for compatibility with the polyethylene terephthalate recycling process.

Designing Sustainable Packages for Dairy Foods

Take a holistic and collaborative approach to packaging design. This approach is about leveraging all of the design-related components early in the new product idea process.

Mike Richmond

April 10, 2012

Over the last five years, there has been more thought and attention given to design and sustainability issues early on in the packaging process. This will become even more important in the future. So it is critical at the beginning of the development process to consider a package’s design, sustainability and end of life.

The global cosmetics market is undergoing a major shift towards the use of natural bioactive ingredients as consumers grow more skeptical of traditional formulations and demand greater transparency and sustainability.

Join the husband-and-wife team, Rich and Heather Draper, of the Ice Cream Club Inc., who have implemented food safety practices for more than 40 years, for this fascinating and educational webinar.