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CPSU: Bottleology, Plasticology, Terminology, and Navigability
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The prestigious CPSU offers single-paged courses on the following subjects:
Bottleology 101
Learn the different shapes and styles of bottles. What are the differences between a Boston, Imperial, Industrial, Sunset, and Modern Round?Plasticology 101
Learn more about the properties of the different plastic types or resins. What are the 6 major plastic resins? Which will work best with your product?Terminology 101
Learn more about the industry terminology in general. What is an HIS liner? Paneling? Fluorination?Website Navigability 101
Learn more about the capabilities and tools built into this website. Learn how to use our website so you can get what you need as quickly as possible.CPS University on the CPS Blog
Read through our blog posts for more information on trends, plastics, news, and more so that you can become a packaging expert.Please read our disclaimer and be sure to test your product with our containers before ordering large quantities. At any time, please feel free to call an expert at 1-800-473-4144 if you need additional information.
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Plastisol Liners: The Sound of Safety If you have ever opened up a glass jar with a metal lid, you might have noticed a gratifying "schlurrr-pop" sound (yep, that’s the technical term). I love this sound because it reassures me that I’m the first to open this container since it left the m... |
Post-Consumer Resin (PCR): Now Available! If you have been following the CPS Blog, and I know that you have, you may have noticed a theme in our recent posts involving plastics and different terms involving the degradability of these plastics. Another way that used plastic containers can b... |
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Bioplastics: What you need to know A common misconception is that landfill waste will biodegrade. Nothing really biodegrades in a landfill, even food, because waste gets locked away from moisture, sunlight, and oxygen ... all important elements of bio-degradation. Not only does a mater... |
Compostable Plastics: 3 Things You Need To Know Plastics continually evolve. Science progresses, the market demand changes, health advocates push for improvements and new plastics are born. Compostable plastics are a new wave of plastics ... and with that wave comes an accompanying ripple of confu... |
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Newest Video: What is PP? If you've been following our videos, you've learned that not all plastics are the same, in fact, there are hundreds of different kinds of plastic. Thanks to the Society of Plastics Industry ( SPI ), they have kindly categorized all plastics into seven... |
What's the difference? M, mm, ml, mil Say hello to mil. No, this is not what your Great Aunt Mildred's bingo friends call her, but rather a prefix. You may think that mil would be short for "million." But, if you thought that, you'd be wrong. Mil actually means "thousand," and we can thank... |
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Ode to Lawrence and PANTONE You've heard, the phrase "all the colors of the rainbow" before. If asked to name those colors, you'd probably say: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Well that's true, if you're coloring one with a Crayola 8 pack. But as you know, there are... |
Are you a sustainable organization? The sustainability efforts of communities, governments, and companies are rising. A large retailer has developed a Sustainability Index. Its goals are to create a more transparent supply chain, drive product innovation and provide customers with inform... |
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What plastic type is best for my product? We get this question all the time: what should I put my product in? A client has a product with a special list of ingredients that may or may not require a specific plastic type , and they just need to know from us, the plastic experts, the definitive... |
Fluorination: Your bottle can take the pressure Paneling. If you don't gasp when you hear this word, you will when you know what it means. According to Terminology 101 at CPS University , paneling is the: distortion of a plastic container that occurs during aging or storage, caused by the developm... |
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What is sustainable packaging and how do I do it? It's official. Sustainable packaging has matured from fad to trend, according to experts. What is sustainable packaging and how can small, medium and large businesses adapt? Fortunate for us, there is a coalition of sustainable packaging experts who c... |
CPS University: Packaging Expertise at your Fingertips Packaging is a big industry. Nearly everything you buy is packaged in something. Choosing the right kind of packaging for your product can be very difficult. Will my product interact poorly with this container? Is this plastic the right kind of plast... |
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What are the 7 main plastic (resin) types? There are really 7 major plastic types: HDPE , LDPE , PP, PVC, PET, PS and other. Please see Plasticology 101 for how these plastics are used, what recycling streams they can enter, properties like clarity and temperature thresholds and other gre... |
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