Paper or plastic: searching for solutions to an overpackaged world

The packaging landscape

The package is the product

Wading upstream in the waste stream

In packages we trust

Does packaging waste equal more food?

Intrinsic environmental consequences of trade-related transport / Jerry Mander, Simon Retallack

Acceptable levels of waste

Curbside confessionals

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?

The search for solutions

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

Natural systems design

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

A future beyond the box

Bad wraps

Packaging that works

What you can do

Wraps at a glance

Beyond-the-box packaging solutions

Assessment of packaging practices

Tips on green packaging.