| Most businesses today are concerned about their | | | | and more consumers are looking for the EPR logo |
| "green" image. Making real, measurable changes | | | | on products they purchase. |
| that reduce harm to the environment can | | | | PolyPAK America, an innovative company in the |
| improve their reputation, please investors, and | | | | plastic bag and flexible packaging industry for |
| increase sales. One of the items currently on the | | | | more that 35 years, is one of the prominent |
| green hot list is plastic. What can a company do | | | | plastic bag and packaging manufacturers to meet |
| quickly to improve their green image? Use plastic | | | | the EPR standards and received the seal of |
| bags and other packaging materials made with | | | | approval. PolyPAK provides packaging with quality |
| processes that limit energy consumption, reduce | | | | graphics for numerous industries including lawn and |
| harmful emissions and protect the public. | | | | garden, food packaging, agriculture, and retailers, |
| However, if consumers get the impression that | | | | and supplies Internet companies with shipping |
| "environmentally-friendly" advertisements and | | | | envelopes and mailers. |
| publicity campaigns are disingenuous, a company's | | | | An innovator in the food packaging industry as |
| image can significantly suffer along with its profits. | | | | well, PolyPAK adheres to the strict standards of |
| Consumers are becoming increasingly | | | | the American Institute of Baking (AIB) and |
| sophisticated in assessing the 'green' reality: | | | | received an "excellent" rating for their |
| Misleading words, ambiguous green claims, | | | | management system, operations methods, |
| deceptive product graphics, overstatements and | | | | personnel practices, pest control and |
| lack of pertinent environmental information don't | | | | housekeeping. |
| go unnoticed. | | | | PolyPAK's plastic bags and other packaging |
| Companies looking to help the environment and | | | | products don't contain heavy metals and can |
| improve their image would be wise to use | | | | include post consumer recycled plastic. The |
| Environmentally Preferred Rating (EPR) accredited | | | | company also protects the environment by |
| plastic bags, poly bags and other plastic packaging | | | | incinerating 98.5% of all volatile organic chemicals |
| materials. EPR accreditation ensures manufacturing | | | | used during the printing process and participating in |
| facilities meet the guidelines created by state and | | | | Operation Clean Sweep. Operation Clean Sweep |
| federal laws and the best practices set for the | | | | aims to prevent plastic pellets from entering |
| industry. The EPR program provides strategies for | | | | waterways and ending up in the ocean and |
| plastic bags and other plastic packaging | | | | harming ocean species. |
| manufactures to lower airborne and waterway | | | | Some environmentally-friendly changes can be |
| pollution by reducing air emissions, recycling | | | | expensive and time consuming propositions. |
| content, and using heavy metal free additives. | | | | However, using EPR accredited plastic bags, poly |
| The EPR seal of approval informs buyers that | | | | bags and other types of plastic packaging |
| their plastic bags and packaging supplier has taken | | | | materials can make a significant and positive |
| tangible steps to substantially reduce or eliminate | | | | difference in a company's impact on the |
| negative impact on the environment, and more | | | | environment and their green image. |