The package is the product
Wading upstream in the waste stream
Does packaging waste equal more food?
Intrinsic environmental consequences of trade-related transport / Jerry Mander, Simon Retallack
Acceptable levels of waste
Tracking a package's footsteps
In search of water from a deeper well
A world of "less bad" solutions?
Can packaging have a meaningful life?
Major obstacles preventing packaging reform
Key leverage points and trends toward packaging reform
Extended producer responsibility and product take-back laws
The expanding face of extended producer responsibility
Finland's Bottle Law: countrywide standardization
Source reduction: packing more with less
Hewlett-Packard: take away the package to lower the damage
Aveda: optimizing post-consumer content and beyond
Ben & Jerry's: getting the white out
Celery Design Collaborative: the 80 percent solution
Packaging tips from the porcupine fish (and other wild packagers) / Janine M. Benyus, Dayna Baumeister
Wood reduction: packaging and the fate of the forests
Third-party certification organizations and ecolabels
The Forest Stewardship Council: certified wood and the well-managed working forest
Alliances for Environmental Innovation: the "greener" boxboard project
Summit Brewery: more palatable pallets
The Chlorine-Free Products Association: processing without chlorine
The rise of the mini-mill
Durango-McKinley: leading-edge linerboard
Regale: 21st-century egg carton
The carbohydrate economy: on the trail of bioplastics
Cargill Dow: the corntainer
The global revival of local economies
Beyond-the-box packaging solutions
Assessment of packaging practices