Charles Shor of Paper Bag Manufacturer, Duro, Announces Continued Efforts to Help the Environment
Charles Shor, president and CEO of Duro Bag Manufacturing Company, announced the recent inclusion of the Duro Bag organization as a member and stakeholder in the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. Through informed design practice, supply chain collaboration, education and innovation, Duro and the SPC strive to transform packaging, including paper bags, to recycle more and become more environment friendly.
Florence, KY (PRWEB) September 15, 2006
Charles Shor, president and CEO of Duro Bag Manufacturing Company at www. durobag. com, announced the recent inclusion of the Duro Bag organization as a member and stakeholder in the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (www. sustainablepackaging. org).
According to C. Shor, "Duro has long provided environmentally preferable product to a wide range of retail bag applications and we are thrilled to find another very focused vehicle to support the design, development, manufacture and use of environmentally preferred packaging." Charles Shor, Chairman and CEO of Duro continued, "We join a significant number of our customers, suppliers and market peers in this effort to promote a sustainable packaging strategy. It is an exceptional team that intends to focus the significant resources of this enlightened coalition on this very critical mandate."
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), formed in 2003 as a project of the nonprofit GreenBlue Institute, is an industry working group inspired by cradle to cradle principles and dedicated to creating a more robust environmental vision for packaging. Through informed design practice, supply chain collaboration, education and innovation, the SPC strives to transform packaging, including paper bags, into a system that encourages an economically prosperous and sustainable flow of materials, creating lasting value for present and future generations.
Most recently, the SPC and its members completed version 1.0 of the Definition of Sustainable Packaging. This definition represents an important first step in articulating a common understanding of the term “sustainable packaging.” It provides a vision and a framework for understanding activities directed toward improving packaging and continues to inform the future vision of the coalition and its individual member-companies. The Definition of Sustainable Packaging document emphasizes safety and health issues for individuals and communities within the whole of the packaging production process and advocates for the use of renewable or recycled source materials using clean production technologies and industry best practices.
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition is located in Charlottesville, VA and the media contact is Matthew Gaventa (434) 817-1424 (ext. 308).
The Duro Bag Manufacturing Company www. durobag. com was founded in 1953 in Ludlow, Kentucky. Still privately-held and family-owned and operated, under the leadership of Charles Shor, Duro Bag has grown to be the largest paper bag manufacturer in the United States. Duro Bag continues to celebrate over 50 years of commitment to producing quality products, customer service and shipping bags of exceptional value to their clients.
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