As a plastics manufacturer and converter, we tend to know the people we sell to and buy from. When the creation of the product we use to manufacture or the product we sell to the market extends beyond our immediate contacts, we lose touch with how it is made or...
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Welcome to our blog!
All of our articles posted are written by a poly expert here at CVP. Our blog posts cover a wide range of topics all revolving around the world of poly bags. Gaining a better understanding of the industry allows for us to provide a better experience for our customers. Here at ClearView we pride ourselves on being experts in our field. Our blog posts are a great way to educate yourself on the industry and the way our plant goes about daily procedures.
Sustainability Packaging Coalition Winter Series 2022
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition hosted a series of webinars and presentations the week of January 24th 2022. Multiple topics from multiple presenters were available all surrounding the sustainability of packaging. A summation of the sessions I attended is below....
The Three L’s of Waste Reduction & Circular Packaging
The new packaging economy we strive to create is complex in implementation. Many stakeholders have to align --- consumers, businesses, Non Government Organizations (NGO’s) and Governments --- in order to move toward the same targets. I continue to try to sort...
The Climate Reality Training Corps April 2021
Three Questions ... Must we change? Can we change? Will we change? These three questions were posed to begin the conference. They were the foundational focus of the week of training at The Climate Reality Training Corps April 26th to 30th, 2021. I had applied to the...
SPC Impact Event 2021
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) spring event took place April 20 and 21, 2021. We have been a member of the SPC for three years running. The virtual event offered a wide array of panel discussions, interviews, educational seminars and guest speakers all...
Earth Day April 22, 2021 & World Environment Day June 5, 2021
Sustainability is a continuous journey --- constant thinking, improvement and learning. Each situation is unique with different opportunities to use resources as responsibly as possible to allow future generations the chance to do the same. There are no...
Employee Spotlight 2021
ClearView Packaging currently employs 73 different individuals that make up our ClearView Family. As we enter 2021 we would like to take this time to say thank you to all of our employees and their families for their dedication to servicing our customers in this...
How to Find Sustainability
If you are not buying recycled content, you are not recycling. Meaning: When we request recycled content, we create a demand for recycled materials to be collected, sorted, sourced and made into new things. The consumer increases the need for recycling by...
SPC Advance 2020
The 2020 Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) Advance trade show was entirely virtual this Fall 2020. The September 29 and 30 event had over 30 different sessions all focused on some aspect of sustainability. Here are my takeaways from the 2...
Is recycle the right word?
When we recycle, we feel good. But when we think about what may be happening once the recyclables get picked up, we feel a little less sure of what happens next. When we see a news story about some things we thought were recyclable ending up in landfills...
Clean Up Efforts 2020
Last year at this time, we participated in the annual Hudson River RiverKeeper event in early May. Riverkeeper’s mission is to “protect the environmental, recreational and commercial integrity of the Hudson River and its tributaries and safeguard drinking water...
ClearView Packaging Essential Designation
ClearView Packaging has been deemed an essential business during the COVID-19 epidemic by NYS and will remain open to help service our customers in need