Packaging Waste Reduction

WasteWise Update: A Fresh Look at Packaging

Abstract:
This issue takes an in-depth look at the packaging reduction efforts of two WasteWise charter partners: Target Stores and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. It examines how their programs came about, some of the issues they faced, and payoffs they realized from their successful efforts. It also reviews the major reductions that consumer product manufacturers can achieve when they trim product packaging, and summarize a recent report about the factors that have made reusable transport packaging a big success for some companies. (12 pp.)

The WasteWise program targets the reduction of municipal solid waste; waste that would otherwise end up in an organization's (or its customers') trash dumpster. Participants, ranging from small local governments and nonprofit organizations to large, multinational corporations, sign on to the program for a 3-year period and undertake waste reduction activities  For more WasteWise publications on waste prevention, see the WasteWise Web site.

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