Introducing the BOTTLEBOX® Cherry Red

The 6×8” BOTTLEBOX® Hinged collection is now available in Cherry Red along with our Tangerine and Lime Green signature colors. The BOTTLEBOX® Hinged is known for its vibrant base and clear lid to enhance your product’s appearance on the shelf. Our BOTTLEBOX® containers are durable enough to serve on the go. Perfect for smaller salads,…

International Coastal Cleanup 2019

International Coastal Cleanup 2019

Did you participate in the International Coastal Cleanup this year? We did! Employees, partners, and family members participated in the beach cleanup along the California coast on Saturday, September 21. Many volunteers joined this meaningful event to create something good for both the ocean as a whole and for the local community. As a strong…

BOTTLEBOX Sustainability in numbers - post-consumer recycled plastic

One billion bottles saved from landfill

One billion bottles! That’s how many post-consumer recycled plastic bottles Direct Pack used in manufacturing in 2018.  As the number of BOTTLEBOX® containers used in the food service, supermarket, produce and processor markets is increasing, we are thankful to our partners helping us save more bottles than ever from landfills and the ocean. This record…

Nature Watch Herb Garden With Recycled Containers - Educational Greenhouses

Nature-Watch uses BOTTLEBOX® containers as educational greenhouses

One of our customers, Nature-Watch, provides educational nature products and craft activity kits designed to teach children about nature. Since 1987, their hands on educational materials and crafts enliven the learning experience for children, and are a great resource for educators looking for nature instructional materials. For their Herb Garden Greenhouse Activity Kit, Nature-Watch uses…

car icon - post-consumer recycled PET

DPI takes another 740 cars off the road

Direct Pack continues to take cars off the road – not literally, but through the greenhouse gas impact saving that comes from using post-consumer recycled PET (rPET) in our BOTTLEBOX® containers. Compared to using virgin PET plastic, our products saved 7.1 million pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere in the third quarter of 2018. That…