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Many Irish companies are taking initiatives to reduce both the amount of packaging and the materials used in their product packaging.

The examples are numerous and varied.

Some companies have made significant reductions in transit packaging, while others have reduced, varied and often eliminated the packaging used in the final product.

A number of these case studies are illustrated below. There are many more and they will continue to grow.

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2008 Prevent and Save conference:

Essential Requirements

Unilever - Product and packaging concentration

Jacob Fruitfield - Reuse of outer casing

Jacob Fruitfield - Change in packaging type

Heinz - Packaging Minimisation

Inversoft - Reduction of core size

Previous Case Studies

Bulmers Ritz bottle - change of  material

C&C 7 Up cases -  prevention and reduction of secondary packaging

Coca-Cola bottles - minimisation of packaging weight

Baileys Bottle – prevention and minimisation of primary and secondary packaging

Dulux paint containers - prevention of secondary packaging

eircom broadband modem – removal of packaging

Georgia-Pacific toilet tissue – removal of core

GlaxoSmithKline Lucozade bottle - reduction of materials

Novartis Animal Health Poron S.P. - reduction of secondary packaging

Tetra Pak cartons - improved packaging material