Legislators gone mad!

I recently came across an article about how local municipalities wanted to charge the makers of a product pay for its disposal.  Good article the link is below
http://www.packagingdigest.com/article/518592-Extended_producer_responsibility_resolution_rejected_in_Massachusetts.php?rssid=20535
Corrugated is recycled at close to 70% already and is worth $140 a ton.  Maybe the cities should buy balers and sell it back to the mills.

Sustainable packaging market matures, gets down to business

Sustainable packaging market matures, gets down to business: "Bio-based is big, renewable is rad, sugar is sweet and the geek squad has..."

Searching

So when I'm suffering from sales block(similar to writers block) I find I can turn to twitter to get my brain working again.  I can say that I have almost learned more about packaging in the last3 months I have been using twitter than the previous 3 years I've spent in the packaging industry.

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Objections

How do you overcome the objection:  Our ownership actually owns a packaging house or a box plant?  Had that happen to me now twice.  I usually exit gracefully but I wonder if I could spin it to my favor???

A new year ...of surprises?

Everyone wants to know; what are the prices going to do in 2011.  After an eye popping 20% of increases in 2010 seems people are a little gun shy about boxes.  (for good reason)

So any guesses on what 2011 will bring?