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Article: Big brands make sustainable strides: geared to sustainable technology, DuPont's award winners include prime examples of source reduction, biodegradable and recycled content, renewable components and more.(packaging competition)(Company overview)
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- Packaging Digest
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- July 1, 2009
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Several firsts marked the announcement of the winners of the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation from DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers' (www.dupont.com). For one, DuPont announced the international awards online this year as part of its first virtual webcast event.
Another new element to the competition is the basis for which the winners were judged: Efforts to enhance sustainability and performance.
Key innovations include a generous use of post-consumer-recycled (PCR) materials and shelf-stabilization/transportation efficiencies, source reduction, energy efficiencies, responsible resourcing and solutions for ...