We just finished reorganizing our corrosion inhibitor web pages. Packnet carries a comprehensive line of environmentally friendly corrosion inhibitor products from Cortec, and we previously had most of the products listed on one single page organized by application. In reviewing this page we saw how a visitor would have trouble...
Protecting the surface of a large metal product or part can be a real challenge. Hot and cold temperatures, rain, sleet and snow, salt and other deicer s can be particularly rough on metal surfaces. Cortec Corporation has a variety of environmentally friendly solutions that can protect your product, whether...
One idea that may continue to gain momentum over the next few years is the implementation of an environmental tax. Such a tax would be based on the “carbon footprint” of a product. A carbon footprint is based on the amount of greenhouse gas emitted to build a product. One...
Packnet has recently publicized a free service that analyzes your current packaging and shipping systems. The assessment reviews packaging materials, material handling, environmental and export regulations as well as other aspects. Even if you don’t intend to do business with Packnet, the report can give you a lot of good...
Plastic is an ideal packaging solution, it is flexible, moisture resistant and inexpensive. It often is durable enough to be used over and over again and it is recyclable. However sometimes it is not possible to assure that the plastic wraps will be recycled. Burying plastic in landfills in not a...
Product corrosion during processing or storage or even during shipping is a major issue for large number of industries. Cortec makes a variety of corrosion protection products known as VpCI’s. Here are a few applications.Protecting low to medium pressure boilers during operation Steam can accelerate metal corrosion. Cortec VpCI-617 is especially...
Since cardboard is biodegradable and recyclable, one would think that it should be the most environmentally friendly packaging material to use. Unfortunately, there are other issues with cardboard.Corrugated cardboard is made from paper; paper mills are some of the worst polluters in the world. The process to fabricate paper from...
There has been a lot of press lately on the environmental problems that plastic bags are causing. A recent study showed that plastic buried in land has been slowly migrating out to the ocean and collecting in a central area. The impact on marine life is significant. The State of...
Packaging, while extremely valuable for safely transporting or storing products, usually doesn’t add much functionality to the product. It simply gets discarded when the product reaches its destination. For larger and more expensive industrial products, packaging containers can be fairly expensive so why not reuse it?Reusable containers will save money...
An updated reference published by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), Naperville, Ill., describes tools to develop and manage a successful sustainable packaging program. Completely updated by Rebecca L. Oesterle, immediate past chairperson of IoPP's Sustainable Packaging Technical Committee, the 167-page book includes several new chapters.An in-depth case study illustrates...