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<title>Archive Boxes</title>
<description>Archive boxes are ideal storage boxes for paper work that you need or want to keep. You may be moving home and need to transport your papers to your new ho...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1212336_15.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd November 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Gift Boxes</title>
<description>Though the purpose of a box may be purely functional, boxes can also be decorative. Lots of boxes are used for promotional packaging both commercially and privately. Traditionally gift boxes used for promotional and seasonal gifts are made from card mater...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1192932_15.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd October 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Wire Ties</title>
<description>A wire is a single cylindrical string of metal. Wires are used for lots of different jobs from wire ties, too carrying electricity and telecommunications signals. Wir...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1188304_15.html</link>
<pubDate>20th October 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Tyvek Envelopes</title>
<description>Tyvek is a brand of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers. Tyvek is the name is a registered trademark of DuPont. The material is very strong and is difficult to tear but can easily be cut with scissors or any other sharp object. Water vapor can pass...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1181749_15.html</link>
<pubDate>16th October 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Refuse Sacks</title>
<description>Refuse sacks are a disposable bag used to contain rubbish. Such bags are useful to line the insides of waste containers to prevent the insides of the receptacl...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1174946_15.html</link>
<pubDate>15th October 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Bottle Boxes</title>
<description>Bottle boxes need to give extra protection than a normal cardboard box due to the wine bottles being made of glass. Most wine is sold in glass bottles an...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1174423_15.html</link>
<pubDate>15th October 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Triangular Boxes</title>
<description>Triangular boxes are manufactured from high quality rigid flute corrugated cardboard. Corrugated cardboard consists of two paper components, the medium ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1169099_15.html</link>
<pubDate>13th October 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Layflat Tubing</title>
<description>Layflat tubing is a long continuous tube of polythene sleeving that comes on a roll. It is often the most economical, quickest and easiest way...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1149499_64.html</link>
<pubDate>05th October 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Polythene Bags</title>
<description>Polythene Bags are manufactured from a thermoplastic commodity used heavily in consumer products especially the plastic shopping bag. Over 60 million tons of the polyt...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1149090_15.html</link>
<pubDate>05th October 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Edge guards</title>
<description>Pallet wrap is a very stretchable sheet of plastic that is supplied on a roll. The elastic recovery keeps items that it is wrapped around together and is often used in packaging to wrap cardboard bo...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1071783_15.html</link>
<pubDate>07th September 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Hazard tape</title>
<description>There are lots of different types of packaging tape available and knowing which to choose if youâ€™ve just started a business that ships products can be confusing. There is custom tape, vinyl tape, coloured tape, cloth tape, double sided tape, masking tap...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1071248_15.html</link>
<pubDate>07th September 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Tissue paper</title>
<description>Coloured tissue paper is a lightweight paper that can be made from both virgin and recycled paper pulp.
Tissue paper is used to make a huge range...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1071117_15.html</link>
<pubDate>07th September 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Stock boxes</title>
<description>Stock boxes are often used as cheap boxes for low volume packing or for one off shipments. The key to choosing the right cardboard box for your needs is to look at what you are going to us...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1071050_15.html</link>
<pubDate>07th September 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Retail Packaging</title>
<description>When in retail you want to make the most profit out of your sales but just how can you do this? One major way of adding extra value to the retail products you are selling is itâ€™s packaging. Retail ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1049266_15.html</link>
<pubDate>25th August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Really Useful Boxes</title>
<description>What a mess! Stuff everywhere and not enough room to put everything. Does this sound like you? It's the little items that are the hardest, easily broke and hard to keep like items together.

&lt;a href="http://www.davpack.co.uk/racking-shelving-storage/rea...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1049235_15.html</link>
<pubDate>25th August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Mailing Boxes</title>
<description>Mailing boxes are manufactured from high quality rigid flute corrugated cardboard. Corrugated cardboard consists of two paper components, the medium...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1049095_15.html</link>
<pubDate>25th August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Mailing Bags</title>
<description>Mailing Bags are an excellent low cost way to ship goods that already have good quality packaging or don't require postal protection like clothes.Plastic bags usually use...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1049063_15.html</link>
<pubDate>25th August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Pallet Wrapping</title>
<description>Pallet wrap is a very stretchable sheet of plastic that is supplied on a roll. The elastic recovery keeps items that it is wrapped around together and is often used in packaging to wrap &lt;a href="htt...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1048926_15.html</link>
<pubDate>24th August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Polypropylene Sacks</title>
<description>Polypropylene or polypropene (PP) is a thermoplastic polymer, made by the chemical industry and used in a wide variety of applications, including packaging, &lt;a href="http://www.davpack.co.uk/polythene-packaging/woven-polypropylene-sacks/woven-polypropylen...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1047089_15.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Postal Tubes</title>
<description>If you have some sheets of paper or a poster to send through the post without folding it then the best way is to send them in postal tubes. Postal tubes ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1046929_15.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Silica Gel</title>
<description>Silica gel is a vitreous, granular, highly porous form of silica synthetically made from sodium silicate and despite the name is actually solid and not a gel.
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<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1046885_15.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Jiffy Bags</title>
<description>Jiffy bags are made by Sealed Air Corporation, a company that makes a variety of packaging materials, systems and equipment. Its brands include Bubble Wrap, Cryovac, Instapak, Shanklin. They hav...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1046782_15.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Paper Carrier Bags</title>
<description>Paper carrier bags are being used more and more in retail due to their quality feel and traditional appearance at low cost. Paper carrier bags co...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1046574_15.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd August 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Reusing and Recycling Packaging Materials</title>
<description>Our top tips on packaging series continues with helpful hints on reusing your postal boxes - box clever today!
3 reasons to reuse your...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_1006074_15.html</link>
<pubDate>30th July 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Cardboard Boxes</title>
<description>Cardboard boxes are not really made of cardboard but corrugated fiberboard. The first commercial cardboard box was produced in England in 1817 and in America in 1895.
The major ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_999573_15.html</link>
<pubDate>26th July 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Postal tubes</title>
<description>If you have some sheets of paper or a poster to send through the post without folding it then the best way is to send them in postal tubes. Postal tubes ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_992130_15.html</link>
<pubDate>21st July 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Reusing and Recycling Postal Boxes</title>
<description>Our top tips on packaging series continues with helpful hints on reusing your postal boxes - box clever today!
3 reasons to reuse your postal and mailing boxes
1)   As pressure on the environment and the need for the nation to ec...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_949659_15.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Polythene Bags &amp; Plastic Sacks Your Guide To Their Thickness</title>
<description>When talking to Customers about poly bags, weâ€™re often asked what the terms â€˜micronâ€™ and â€˜gaugeâ€™ mean, and how they determine the rig...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_949631_15.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Where Packaging Came From: Where Packaging Is Going</title>
<description>Where packaging came from:
Packaging, according to the Oxford English dictionary, is a noun, meaning â€˜materials used to wrap or protect goodsâ€™.
End-user or consumer packaging is a relati...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_949612_15.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Reusing and Recycling Using Documents Enclosed Envelopes</title>
<description>Our top tips on packaging series continues with helpful hints on using documents enclosed envelopes to improve packaging reusability.
3 reasons to reuse ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_949594_15.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Reusing and Recycling Cardboard Boxes</title>
<description>Our top tips on packaging series continues with helpful hints on reusing your cardboard boxes and corrugated cartons - box clever today!
3 reasons to reuse your cardboard box...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_949542_15.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Reusing and Recycling Bubble Wrap</title>
<description>Reusing and Recycling Bubble WrapOur top tips on packaging series continues with helpful hints on reusing your bubble wrap packaging. 3 reasons to reuse your ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_945794_15.html</link>
<pubDate>21st June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Brown wrapping paper</title>
<description>Brown wrapping paper is paper produced by what is called the kraft process from wood pulp. It is very strong and relatively coarse. Kraft paper...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_935537_15.html</link>
<pubDate>14th June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Mail Postal Boxes</title>
<description>Mail postal boxes are manufactured from high quality rigid flute corrugated cardboard. Corrugated cardboard consists of two paper components, the me...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_935512_15.html</link>
<pubDate>14th June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Postal packs</title>
<description>Postal packs are manufactured from high quality rigid flute corrugated cardboard. Corrugated cardboard consists of two paper components, the medium ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_935499_15.html</link>
<pubDate>14th June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Packaging &amp; Corporate Responsibility</title>
<description>Packaging is cheap and disposable, right?

Not so today. Most companies, large and small, have an outlook on the environment and many public owned corporations are being encouraged by their Customers, shareholders, government and pressure groups to be â...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_925877_15.html</link>
<pubDate>11th June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Silica gel</title>
<description>Silica gel is a granular, vitreous, highly porous form of silica made synthetically from sodium silicate and despite the name is actually solid.

Silica ge...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_917048_15.html</link>
<pubDate>05th June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Kraft Paper</title>
<description>Kraft paper is paper produced by what is called the kraft process from wood pulp. It is very strong and relatively coarse. Kraft paper is usually brown in colour. It ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_912565_15.html</link>
<pubDate>03rd June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Coloured Tissue Paper</title>
<description>Tissue paper is a lightweight paper that can be made from both virgin and recycled paper pulp.

Tissue paper is used to make a huge range of products with a wide ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_912352_15.html</link>
<pubDate>03rd June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Tissue paper</title>
<description>Tissue paper is a lightweight paper that can be made from both virgin and recycled paper pulp.

Tissue paper is used to make a huge range of products with a wide ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_912252_15.html</link>
<pubDate>03rd June 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Really useful boxes</title>
<description>What a mess! Stuff everywhere and not enough room to put everything. Does this sound like you? It's the little items that are the hardest, easily broke and hard to keep like items together.

A &lt;a href="http://www.davpack.co.uk/racking-shelving-storage/r...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_904592_27.html</link>
<pubDate>20th May 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Custom Packaging Tape</title>
<description>There are lots of different types of packaging tape available and knowing which to choose if youâ€™ve just started a business that ships products can be confusing. There is custom packaging tape, ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_903061_15.html</link>
<pubDate>19th May 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Postal bags</title>
<description>Postal Bags are an excellent low cost way to ship goods that already have good quality packaging or don't require postal protection like clo...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_894070_15.html</link>
<pubDate>15th May 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Polythene bags</title>
<description>Polythene Bags are made from a thermoplastic commodity heavily used in consumer products especially the plastic shopping bag. Over 60 million t...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_893879_15.html</link>
<pubDate>15th May 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Jiffy Mailing Bags</title>
<description>Reusing and Recycling Packaging Materials
Our top tips on packaging series continues with helpful hints on reusing your jiffy bags and postal packaging.
3 reasons to reuse your jiffy mailing bags and padded envelopes
1)   As pressure on the environment...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_881482_15.html</link>
<pubDate>07th May 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Packaging Sources</title>
<description>Useful Sources Of Information On Packaging Materials
If youâ€™re searching the internet for information on packaging, here are a few of the packaging sites we came across. Weâ€...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_881443_15.html</link>
<pubDate>07th May 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Packaging Materials and the Environment</title>
<description>Packaging Materials and the Environment
With growing pressure on the environment and the need for the nation to economise, itâ€™s now more important than ever to conserve and reuse packaging. Reusing packaging is the best form of recyclin...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_868649_47.html</link>
<pubDate>26th April 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Davpack Top 10 Tips To Reuse Your Packaging Materials</title>
<description>Davpack Top 10 Tips To Reuse Your Packaging Materials 1. Reusing Jiffy Mailing BagsInitially, over-label and reseal with packaging tape. When the bags have been excessively written on or have a torn flap, simply place inside a paper mailin...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_868647_27.html</link>
<pubDate>26th April 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Cheap Shelving</title>
<description>Cheap shelving is ideal for keeping your items together and allowing you to go directly to what you are looking for. Cheap shelving can be used ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_854866_15.html</link>
<pubDate>09th April 2009</pubDate>
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<title>Polythene Sheeting</title>
<description>Polythene Sheeting is made from a thermoplastic commodity heavily used in consumer products especially the plastic shopping bag. Over 60 million...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_847249_15.html</link>
<pubDate>04th April 2009</pubDate>
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