Paul Tasner is an industrial engineer. He spent most of his career making plastic. He made “blister packs,” the plastic wrap around consumer products that are very hard to open, even with scissors. The packs help protect products during shipping, and help prevent goods from being stolen. Then one day, Tasner had a moment that changed his life. “My wife came back from a big box retailer with a pair of these industrial-strength shears for opening packages. That’s what is said on the package: you know, ‘For opening those hard to open plastic blister packages.” The shears were called, ‘Open it.’” He says the funny -- and crazy -- part was that the shears to open the blister packs were packed -- in a blister pack. This gave him an idea. That idea was to create environmentally friendly, biodegradable packaging. Tasner lost his job during the economic recession years ago. He was 64 years old and he did not want to retire. So he decided to start his own company. His aim was to create a product that was similar to regular plastic, but able to be composted into soil.
Title: Pulp from Plants Makes Packaging More Earth-Friendly
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1384/pulp_packaging.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Pulp from Plants Makes Packaging More Earth-Friendly' data-article-id='1875'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='3688'>Paul Tasner is an industrial engineer.</span> <span data-start-time='3688' data-end-time='7833'>He spent most of his career making plastic.</span> <span data-start-time='7833' data-end-time='19271'>He made “blister packs,” the plastic wrap around consumer products that are very hard to open, even with scissors.</span> <span data-start-time='19271' data-end-time='28208'>The packs help protect products during shipping, and help prevent goods from being stolen.</span> <span data-start-time='28208' data-end-time='34479'>Then one day, Tasner had a moment that changed his life.</span> <span data-start-time='34479' data-end-time='44750'>“My wife came back from a big box retailer with a pair of these industrial-strength shears for opening packages.</span> <span data-start-time='44750' data-end-time='51833'>That’s what is said on the package: you know, ‘For opening those hard to open plastic blister packages.”</span> <span data-start-time='51833' data-end-time='53854'>The shears were called, ‘Open it.’”</span> <span data-start-time='53854' data-end-time='65438'>He says the funny -- and crazy -- part was that the shears to open the blister packs were packed -- in a blister pack.</span> <span data-start-time='65438' data-end-time='68875'>This gave him an idea.</span> <span data-start-time='68875' data-end-time='77042'>That idea was to create environmentally friendly, biodegradable packaging.</span> <span data-start-time='77042' data-end-time='83250'>Tasner lost his job during the economic recession years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='83250' data-end-time='88521'>He was 64 years old and he did not want to retire.</span> <span data-start-time='88521' data-end-time='92667'>So he decided to start his own company.</span> <span data-start-time='92667' data-end-time='103042'>His aim was to create a product that was similar to regular plastic, but able to be composted into soil.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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