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The Reusable Packaging Association (formerly the Reusable Pallet and Container Coalition) is pleased to announce its 8th annual Education Forum. The 2008 Forum will bring together a diverse group of supply chain partners, policy makers, academics, and industry leaders who will demonstrate and discuss the economic and environmental value of reusable packaging Sept. 24 – […]

Svenska Retursystem AB, the Swedish grocery industry reusable plastic container and pallet pool, ontinues to expand. Tuesday, 27 May 2008 marks the opening of its new washing facility in Mölnlycke outside Gothenburg. The first operationbegan in 2000, when the first washing line opened in Helsingborg, followed by Örebro and Southampton. […]

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The recently launched new Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) Web site, www.MHIA.org, has much more than just an attractive new look. It has all the improved functionality, content, and ease of navigation to become the top information resource for manufacturing, distribution, supply chain and logistics professionals seeking material handling and logistics product sourcing, news […]

Reusables 101 Workshop: Improving Your Business Through Reusable Transport Packaging
May 29, 2008 10:00AM - 1:00PM
StopWaste.Org, 1537 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94612
The Stopwaste partmership is hosting a 3 hour workshop covering all of the basics you need to know to evaluate reusable transport packaging for your business, with a particular focus on cost analysis and […]

Following up on the recent announcement concerning the launch of the Reusable Packaging Association, the RPA has made available a fact sheet as well as a FAQ list. Follow the links to check them out.

For the third time in its 60-year history, a businessman from a Fort Edward family will chair the national trade group for wood pallet manufacturers.
Clint Binley, president of Pallets Inc. in Fort Edward, now serves as chairman-elect for the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association in Virginia, a national trade and lobby group for pallet […]

Have you ever gotten a sinking feeling as you open a product that is 6″ x 6″ but has exterior package dimensions capable of housing an item much larger than that? After you get through the cardboard box, packing materials, paper inserts, and plastic strapping, you come to realize the packaging may actually outweigh […]

Oakland, Calif. and Washington, DC. – The StopWaste Partnership, a California-based public agency, and the Reusable Pallet & Container Coalition (RPCC), a Washington, DC trade association, have launched a major campaign in Alameda County to advocate the benefits of reusable transport packaging systems to local and national businesses - it was announced today. The […]