Is Your Food Packaging Shipworthy?
You have meal prep delivery services like HelloFresh, Blue Apron, and Purple Carrot. You have restaurant delivery services like Grubhub, DoorDash, and Uber Eats. You have major grocery store chains and local food markets offering delivery services. No matter how you slice it, more food than ever is being shipped to residential homes. In fact, […]
The Goal with Food Packaging Should Be to Reuse, Reuse, and Reuse Again
People like to reuse containers. It’s more convenient to reuse than buy new, and people like to maximize the mileage from their investments. As society continues to become more environmentally conscious, reusing products and packaging is obviously more sustainable than using something once and getting rid of it.
Food-to-Go and Home Delivery Packaging Needs a Makeover
Most food-to-go brands and home delivery services have been utilizing the same packaging the same way for about 15 years with little or no innovation. That’s the way they’ve always done it. Changing the manufacturing process, materials used, and branding strategy for packaging would be disruptive.
Consumers Want Sustainable Food Packaging. Are You Listening?
Food and packaging make up about 45 percent of all materials in U.S. landfills according to the Environmental Protection Agency. CMG Plastics believes we as a society can do better, which is why we’ve invested heavily in manufacturing rigid plastic food packaging that not only meets high-quality standards but can also be made with post-consumer […]
Sustainable Building Demands Sustainably Sourced Materials
When most people think about sustainable or green building, they tend to focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, indoor air quality, and water conservation. According to a recent survey, however, about a quarter of builders and remodelers said one of the top three customer requests they receive involves products that conserve materials and […]
PCR Plastic Paint Buckets Have Arrived
Is there anyone who has not battled a traditional paint can? Made from aluminum or tin-coated steel, these cans could be opened by inserting a flathead screwdriver around the edge of lid like a crowbar to pry it open. When you were done painting, you had to hammer the lid back into place, causing dents […]
How Long Will Your Containers Last in Your Customer’s Garage?
Think about the brand names you see most often when you walk into a neighbor’s garage. You see a toolbox that’s been beat up over many years but is still going strong. On a shelving unit, you see buckets and containers that were obviously purchased years ago but have been repurposed because the owner knows […]
A Sustainable, Durable Packaging Solution for Home Improvement Hardware
If you buy screws, nails, deck fasteners, nuts, washers, anchors, or any other type of small hardware from a home improvement store or e-commerce website, what type of packaging would you get? Depending on the weight and number of items per package, these products are typically packaged in a flimsy cardboard box or a plastic […]
Study: Consumers Prioritize Sustainable Packaging Post-COVID
A McKinsey study found that COVID-19 has motivated consumers to focus more on health, wellness, hygiene, and food safety. Consumer attitudes on sustainable packaging have gone through a similar shift, as more than half of the survey participants said they are highly concerned about the environmental impact of packaging. They said they would be willing […]
Why Rigid Plastic Makes Sense as Small Packaging Is Big Again
People are finally comfortable leaving the house. Offices continue to reopen. Summer vacations are on the calendar. Stadiums are hosting baseball games and concerts. Children’s sports and activities have returned, and many kids will be going back to camp this summer. Now that people are on the go, buying habits are changing. More specifically, consumers […]
