Processing
consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, human health impacts, aquatic
toxicity impacts, recycled content,
renewable content (sourcing metric)
and recovery potential. However like
most actuarial systems, Merge will
only be as effective as the data available, which is presently being updated
by SPC in partnership with the
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (Dept. of Energy) and
industry specific support. For more
information on Merge and other
efforts by the SPC go to
www.sustainablepackaging.org.
UFP’s molded fiber division in Clinton, Iowa, and created from 100
percent post-consumer newsprint, without glues and dyes. To encourage secondary use while creating further consumer participation in
the brand, Pangea embedded medicinal herb seeds in the molded
fiber paperboard. Consumers could then soak the box and plant it in
1 inch of soil to sprout the seeds. This added detail served to reinforce Pangea’s brand proposition as a naturally healthful personal
care lifestyle brand. Since the introduction, several other leading natural and conventional personal care brands have followed by intro-
Changing Paradigms
The life cycle assessments and
modeling programs are usually based
on existing systems and constraints.
For example, the upside value of
offering a recycled material is weight-
ed against the actual amount of recy-
cling occurring for that particular sub-
strate to date. There is the need to
push beyond the constraints of the
existing infrastructure, allowing inno-
vation to drive new paradigms in man-
ufacturing, use and recovery. The sys-
tem will not adapt without the change
leaders of the world. For this we have
to recognize the organizations that
are developing new materials and
envisioning a new future for packag-
ing systems. One such example is
Pangea Organics, who in collabora-
tion with UFP Technologies Inc. creat-
ed a compostable, biodegradable and
plantable
package that
loosely resem-
bles an egg
crate. Its
biodegradable
Pangea Organics’ inno- and reusable
vative molded fiber properties make
soap package embed-
ded with medicinal it a viable option
herb seeds. in sustaining the
environment, a core element in the
concept design. The packaging is
manufactured with zero waste at
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