2009 Greener Package Awards Competition Accepting Entries through June 29

Summit Publishing Company's GreenerPackage.com, sustainable packaging Web resource, invites brand owners, suppliers, package designers and retailers to participate in the 2009 Greener Package Awards competition.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 27, 2009 -- Packaging materials suppliers, package designers, consumer packaged goods companies and retailers are increasingly focused on making today's packaging more sustainable. Summit Publishing Company's Greener Package™ (http://www.greenerpackage.com) will recognize outstanding achievement in the area of sustainable packaging with the 2009 Greener Package Awards. Open to companies throughout the packaging value chain, the awards will celebrate excellence and serve to educate the packaging community about sustainable materials, packages and best practices.

Entrants can choose from a variety of categories including: the Greener Package Award; the Closing the Loop Award - for companies with package recovery/take-back programs or that are connecting with recycled markets; the Clean Manufacturing Award for packagers or suppliers; the Consumer Education Award; and the Retail Leadership Award. Comments David Newcorn, Summit's VP/eMedia and architect of GreenerPackage.com: "We spoke to packaging experts from across the packaging value chain - retailers, packaged goods companies, converters, raw material suppliers and academics - and asked them to design an awards competition that constitutes the first global independent competition focused on packaging sustainability. Together we developed categories and criteria that are specifically and uniquely suited to packaging sustainability. The Greener Package Award competition will serve an important educational role for our community. Our coverage of winning entries will provide real world examples from which industry can learn."

Winners will be announced in Fall of 2009 and featured in Summit Publishing Conpany's packaging publications, newsletters and Websites, and promoted across national media channels. Entries are being accepted through June 29 at http://www.greenerpackage.com/awards.

About Summit Publishing Company

Chicago-based Summit Publishing Company is an integrated media publisher offering business information for packaging professionals. Publications include Packaging World (www.packworld.com); Packaging World's PACK EXPO Showcase; Healthcare Packaging; Contract Packaging, and Shelf Impact! Web resources include PackagingJobsOnline, GreenerPackage.com and GlobalPackageGallery.com. Summit Publishing Company also produces Webcasts and conferences for packaging professionals.

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