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Child Resistant Packaging Today: It’s All About the Caps

Child Resistant Packaging Today: It’s All About the Caps

Next time you find yourself opening a child-resistant medicine bottle or quart of motor oil and mutter to yourself, “Who invented these things anyway?,” you can thank one Dr. Henri J. Breault, a Canadian pediatrician and father who simply refused to accept a status quo of 100,000 tragic cases of accidental poisoning a year. His invention, the “Palm N’ Turn,” was patented in 1967 and led to the worldwide introduction of Child Resistant Caps (CRC) and a 91% reduction in local child...

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Posted by Aimee Weber

Join MRP and #InvestInOurPlanet - Earth Day 2022 ♻️

Join MRP and #InvestInOurPlanet - Earth Day 2022 ♻️

Download our PCR Getting Started Guide and MRP will make a donation to the Foundation for Plastic Recycling! 

Today, we join in celebrating Earth Day, a globally recognized event where businesses, governments and citizens join in partnership for the planet and choose both a prosperous and sustainable future. Now is the time to act boldly, innovate broadly, and implement equitably. Together, we must #InvestInOurPlanet. According to EarthDay.org, private sector innovation accelerates the kind...

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Posted by Aimee Weber

The Top Post-Consumer Recycled Resin (PCR) Products from Mold-Rite

The Top Post-Consumer Recycled Resin (PCR) Products from Mold-Rite

America Recycles Day is November 15. This year we’re celebrating by getting the word out about recycled plastics and sharing our commitment to sustainability.

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Posted by Aimee Weber

Every Day is Earth Day: How are you contributing today?

Every Day is Earth Day: How are you contributing today?

Earth Day Every Day. Celebrating 51 years!

With so many things changing around the world due to COVID-19, it is important now more than ever to take care of our planet.

Today, April 22, the world will join together in celebration of Earth Day. This globally recognized event will feature three days of climate action that anyone can participate in. On April 20, Earth Uprising hosted a global youth climate summit which consisted of panels, speeches and discussions with youth climate...

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Posted by Aimee Weber

The Importance of Packaging Design in Poison Prevention

The Importance of Packaging Design in Poison Prevention

Many of us take poison prevention for granted. From household cleaning supplies to personal care products and prescription medication, many items exist in our own homes that are dangerous when used improperly

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Posted by Aimee Weber

Top 7 Benefits of Post Consumer Recycled Resin

Top 7 Benefits of Post Consumer Recycled Resin

As the world changes, we need to change with it. With the global effort to go green, companies strive more to choose sustainable resources and provide environmentally friendly products to their consumers.

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Posted by Amanda Thomas

Plastics Packaging: How to Design for Recyclability

Plastics Packaging: How to Design for Recyclability

Would you rather save money on cheap packaging or choose a more sustainable option that was better for the environment and the long-term growth of your company? Wouldn’t you rather have an option that was both cost-effective and sustainable?

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Posted by Aimee Weber

Celebrating America Recycles Day with MRP

Celebrating America Recycles Day with MRP
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Posted by Aimee Weber

Mold-Rite Signs the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Global Commitment

Mold-Rite Signs the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Global Commitment

Mold-Rite Plastics, a trusted supplier of plastic closures, is proud to announce that it has signed the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, joining a worldwide collaboration of businesses and governments committed to rethinking the way we design, use and reuse plastics to create a circular economy for plastic.

Since 2016, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative has rallied businesses and governments behind a positive vision of a circular economy for plastics. At the...

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Posted by Aimee Weber

COVID-19: Essential Products for Pharma/Nutra Packaging

COVID-19: Essential Products for Pharma/Nutra Packaging

Trust the packaging experts at Mold-Rite Plastics to help you create a package that will grow your business in this ever-changing market.

The onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic has created increased demand for many of the products that we produce at Mold-Rite, particularly for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical markets. Prior to the onset of this pandemic, the Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical markets were expected to grow more than 6.0% annually through 2020, (EvaluatePharma & Nutritional...

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Posted by Amanda Thomas