Comments on: Beyond plastic: Cutting the carbon footprint of packaging http://www.greenbang.com/beyond-plastic-cutting-the-carbon-footprint-of-packaging_12934.html Sustainable Energy Insight Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Martin - Junkk.com, Home of the RE:tie http://www.greenbang.com/beyond-plastic-cutting-the-carbon-footprint-of-packaging_12934.html/comment-page-1#comment-11552 Peter Martin - Junkk.com, Home of the RE:tie Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:22:48 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=12934#comment-11552 Of course, once reduction has been brought to its most effective enviROI+ level, the next 'Re' in the hierarchy is reuse. Though possibly relatively minor in raw tonnage enviro impact in comparison to recycling as well, it does still offer great opportunities, especially beyond the world of targets and box ticks. And can impact beyond CSR and legislative compliance into areas of PR and sales, by offering genuine, motivating, rewarding incentives to all those involved, from brands to consumers to, of course, the bin and landfill. Hence it would be good to see more thought given to all opportunities to promote designed-in reuse. If any are engaged in such initiatives or seeking to do so, I'd be thrilled to learn more and help promote. Rubbish need not be a dirty word, after all.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('11552','Peter Martin - Junkk.com, Home of the RE:tie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('11552','Peter Martin - Junkk.com, Home of the RE:tie','Of course, once reduction has been brought to its most effective enviROI+ level, the next \'Re\' in the hierarchy is reuse.\r\n\r\nThough possibly relatively minor in raw tonnage enviro impact in comparison to recycling as well, it does still offer great opportunities, especially beyond the world of targets and box ticks.\r\n\r\nAnd can impact beyond CSR and legislative compliance into areas of PR and sales, by offering genuine, motivating, rewarding incentives to all those involved, from brands to consumers to, of course, the bin and landfill.\r\n\r\nHence it would be good to see more thought given to all opportunities to promote designed-in reuse.\r\n\r\nIf any are engaged in such initiatives or seeking to do so, I\'d be thrilled to learn more and help promote.\r\n\r\nRubbish need not be a dirty word, after all.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Of course, once reduction has been brought to its most effective enviROI+ level, the next ‘Re’ in the hierarchy is reuse.

Though possibly relatively minor in raw tonnage enviro impact in comparison to recycling as well, it does still offer great opportunities, especially beyond the world of targets and box ticks.

And can impact beyond CSR and legislative compliance into areas of PR and sales, by offering genuine, motivating, rewarding incentives to all those involved, from brands to consumers to, of course, the bin and landfill.

Hence it would be good to see more thought given to all opportunities to promote designed-in reuse.

If any are engaged in such initiatives or seeking to do so, I’d be thrilled to learn more and help promote.

Rubbish need not be a dirty word, after all.

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]]> By: Kirsten@Nexyoo http://www.greenbang.com/beyond-plastic-cutting-the-carbon-footprint-of-packaging_12934.html/comment-page-1#comment-10909 Kirsten@Nexyoo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:19:09 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=12934#comment-10909 Thanks for sharing this-- these are really interesting things to think about. I wonder if there are better ways to ensure that food is eaten when it's fresh (even if that's a short period) rather than trying to lengthen the period of freshness. Part of this comes back to encouraging people to eat local, seasonal food.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10909','Kirsten@Nexyoo'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10909','Kirsten@Nexyoo','Thanks for sharing this-- these are really interesting things to think about. I wonder if there are better ways to ensure that food is eaten when it\'s fresh (even if that\'s a short period) rather than trying to lengthen the period of freshness. Part of this comes back to encouraging people to eat local, seasonal food.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks for sharing this– these are really interesting things to think about. I wonder if there are better ways to ensure that food is eaten when it’s fresh (even if that’s a short period) rather than trying to lengthen the period of freshness. Part of this comes back to encouraging people to eat local, seasonal food.
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