• Go Phone package reduction: This case study illustrates the environmental benefits associated with redesigning packages to achieve a smaller product-to-package ration, thereby decreasing the amount of materials used and waste generated for the same amount of product packaged.
  
  View the before and after pictures of the package reduction and the COMPASS data!
  
  
• Tom Tom package redesign: This case study illustrates how Dordan helped Tom Tom meet its sustainability goals by redesigning their GPS package.
  
  View pictures of the package redesign and the COMPASS data!
  
  
• Company X's package redesign: This case study was performed for a potential customer who was in the process of redesigning their product's package. They wanted to switch from a corrugated tray to a thermoformed hanger and wished to see the associated environmental repercussions. As the COMPASS data indicates, the thermoformed hanger has less of a burden on the environment than the corrugated tray.
  
  View the COMPASS data and read the report we prepared summarizing this data!
  
  
• Paper versus plastic: This case study was performed to support the sustainability claim we made on the greenerpackage.com database for packaging suppliers. We claimed that our certified 70% PCR RPET clamshell (CS-002) releases less greenhouse gases and consumes less water, minerals and biotic resources throughout its lifecycle than fiber-based packages of similar dimensions.
  
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August 1, 2010:
How Green Products can win the Battle on the Retail Shelf


Soon, we will live in a world where Walmart lists a product's environmental "score" next to its price on the shelf ... where consumers will scan bar codes with their smart phones and learn exactly how green a product - and the company that makes it - really is.Until then, it's up to manufacturers to tell their environmental story, and the best place to do that is right on the product label....