Ecologic Brand’s eco.bottle took both the Best of Show and the 3M Sustainability Award at this year’s IoPP AmeriStar competition. To earn this honor, the package bested more than 150 packages submitted in 18 categories.
The eco-bottle is a bag-in-bottle concept offers the marketability of a familiar packaging shape and the sustainability of a pouch-in-pulp shell structure. Each eco.bottle starts with a molded paper, compostable shell made from 100% recycled materials (70% recycled cardboard boxes and 30% old newspapers). This shell, which is certified by Soil Control Labs to be compostable per ASTM 6868 standards, is then paired with a thin fully recyclable interior pouch. This plastic pouch enables eco-minded package designers to specify the eco.bottle for wet products that typically would be transported using rigid plastic containers. Eco.bottle’s thin interior liner uses up to 75% less plastic than rigid plastic containers.
This year, the competition added a new cross-category award— the Design Award for excellence in structural and graphic design. TricorBraun earned this award for supplying a custom-made bottle to New Artisan Spirits for its Roxor Gin.
The bottle was inspired by the architecture from world-famous skylines and is made by artisan glass-makers in Mexico City. The 750-mL bottle comprises cosmetic grade super flint glass with a flat, window-pane relief designed at the bottle’s waist. This relief serves as a grip and provides a space for the two-pass silkscreen label. The bottle’s parting-line is placed on a diagonal so it cannot be seen across the face. A 33-400 custom light-weight PP continuous-thread closure embossed with the spirit’s name provides the finishing touch.
Other AmeriStar winners by Category:
CATEGORY: Automotive
Package: 3M Automotive Car Care Products
Company: TricorBraun
CATEGORY: Beverage
Package: The Brew Shield™
Company: Royal-Flutes LLC
Package: Bottoms Up Vertical Case Pack
Company: Grafcor Packaging
Package: Starbucks VIA Ready Brew
Company: Starbucks Coffee Co
CATEGORY: Electronics
Package: Ten and Fifty Packs of HDMI Connectors
Company: Greenlee Textron, Inc.
Package: Skullcandy Supreme Sound
Company: Skullcandy
CATEGORY: Food
Package: FreshBox™ Line of packages
Company: Display Pack, Inc.
Package: PET Can for Snack Nuts
Company: Selig Sealing Products
Package: Quaker Oatmeal with Easy Pour Spout
Company: PepsiCo/Quaker
Package: Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats thin rolls & Goldfish Sandwich Bread (Flats) Package
Company: Pepperidge Farm Inc.
Package: Two Piece Display-Ready Asparagus Shipper
Company: Gourmet Trading Company
Package: Gatorade Prime Performance Chews
Company: PepsiCo
CATEGORY: Food, Institutional
Package: Chicken McBites Carton
Company: HAVI Global Solutions
Package: Cryovac Next Gen Boneless Beef Bag (B6620)
Company: Sealed Air, Cryovac Division
Package: The Bagel Bucket
Company: HAVI Global Solutions
CATEGORY: Health & Beauty Aids
Package: Schick Intuition Naturals
Company: Energizer Personal Care - Schick & Wilkinson Sword
Package: Maybelline New York, SuperStay 24™Color
Company: HLP Klearfold
Package: ASR/Schick 5 Blade Disposable Razor for Men & Women (Private Label)
Company: Transparent Container Co., Inc.
Package: Burt's Bees Natural Personal Care Product Kits
Company: Clorox
CATEGORY: Household Products
Package: Valspar Spray Paint
Company: Webb deVlam
Package: Ecologic Brands Inc. - Molded Fiber Bottle
Company: Ecologic Brands Inc.
CATEGORY: Medical Device
Package: Thoratec HM2 Tray Set
Company: TEQ
Package: Cook Urological
Company: Prent Corporation
Package: SmartPrep2/BMAC2
Company: Sealed Air Corporation
CATEGORY: Other Retail
Package: Sustainable Two Piece
Company: Plastic Ingenuity
CATEGORY: Outdoor & Gardening
Package: Scotts Snap Spreader System
Company: The Scotts Company
CATEGORY: Pet & Vet
Package: Lickety Stik
Company: TricorBraun
CATEGORY: Promotional
Package: The Coca-Cola Party Tub
Company: CCNA Packaging Development
CATEGORY: Regulated Packaging
Package: Aerosol Twist & Spray Cap
Company: Valspar Corporation
Student AmeriStar Winners
Student AmeriStar Winner- 1st Place
CATEGORY: Food
Package: Squeezable Salsa Container
School: University of Wisconsin-Stout
Student AmeriStar Winner - 2nd Place
CATEGORY: Other Retail
Package: Airless Kicks
School: UW-Stout
Student AmeriStar Winner - 3rd Place
CATEGORY: Promotional
Package: Stringy Solution
School: University of Wisconsin -Stout
Student AmeriStar Winner Honorable Mentions
CATEGORY: Beverage
Package: Project: Moderate Shots
School: I Pack
CATEGORY: Electronics
Package: Illuminate: Solar Powered Paperboard Cell Phone Package
School: Clemson University
CATEGORY: Other Retail
Package: Adidas Chargers Shoe Box
School: University of Wisconsin-Stout