Stearns Packaging Sustainability Legacy
Stearns Packaging Corporation’s environmental commitment has endured since 1964. That year’s pioneering innovation of premeasured cleaning products in portion-control was just the beginning of Stearns’ sustainability leadership.
Today, Stearns’ Dispenser-Free® technology continues to serve the well-being of the environment and its population with products and control systems that reduce the use of resources and energy. Stearns Packaging’s sustainability commitment embraces respect for our customers, our community, and our world. In partnership with the leading environmental protection and certification agencies, Stearns Packaging’s DispenserFree® technology delivers tangible, verifiable performance, safety, and environmental benefits. New, greener, sustainable chemistry and source-reduced premeasured packaging technology reduces everyone’s footprint.
Sustainability Milestones
Kroger Stores partner with Stearns Packaging
to develop premeasured store floor maintenance program.
Modern Packaging magazine, 3-page feature on Stearns Packaging in May issue
titled “Now— problem liquids in a pouch”. The article proclaims “..economy…vastly reduced shipping weight…now such a package has achieved successful commercial reality in three important applications.”
“Stearns’ Proposal ‘Stop Shipping’ Water!’
Oil crisis puts national spotlight on energy conservation. Wire services feature item on nation’s business pages.
Zero-waste packaging achieved
Water Flakes® line of water-soluble premeasured packets developed. 20th anniversary of Earth Day.
Green Seal GS-37 Environmental Certification awarded to:
GS Extra-Strength Cleaner Concentrate, GS Neutral Cleaner Concentrate, GS Window Cleaner Concentrate, and GS Restroom & Bow Cleaner Concentrate.
Green Cleaning Start-Up booklet created
Thousands of them distributed and included in ST-902 and ST-849A Green Cleaning Starter Kits
New line of pre-measured products launches
Tiny House Cleaning Solutions RTU and Pro in child-resistant flexible packaging
Water Flakes Transitions to Eco-Friendly Flexible Packaging
Water Flakes line of water-soluble premeasured packets changed packaging from a plastic tub to flexible packaging
“Leading the Pack” article in the Sanitary Maintenance Magazine
The publication emphasizes the importance of pre-portioned packs in professional cleaning quoting John Everitt “The biggest cost for the end user is labor. With pre-portioned chemicals, there isn’t the time wasted.”
Quality Commitment
The employees of Stearns Packaging Corporation are committed to providing quality innovative products, on time, that consistently meet or exceed our customers’ requirements and expectations.
Sustainability Commitment
The natural beauty of southern Wisconsin and the progressive character of its people are in harmony with Stearns’ longstanding example of good corporate citizenship. Stearns Packaging was a conscientious manufacturer of environmentally-preferable cleaning products decades before “sustainability” took on its present meaning. For Stearns Packaging Corporation, sustainability will always mean applying resources in a way that will allow people to meet their needs today and in the future.