Product Packaging Using Sustainable Approach

The packaging industry boost is a well-known occurrence. And since the evolution in e-commerce, the product packaging has increased in even more drastic manner. In this scenario, it is worth talking about the impact of packaging on environment. The products are used up and their packaging is usually thrown away.

In today’s world, people have become quite conscious about the impact of packaging wastes on environment. And so, it becomes very important for the packaging manufacturers to pay attention to using sustainable approach in packaging products.

Cardboard products

We all know the importance of cardboard boxes. These boxes tend to protect the items while they are being shipped. Here, it gets really important to make sure that the boxes are made sustainable. The sustainability of cardboard boxes is concerned with their reusability or recyclability. You can leave rest of the job for customers.

There are many ways cardboard can be reused. If you received a product in cardboard box, you can use this cardboard box in a lot of ways. You can prepare a gift box, or you can use this box for organizing. The options are endless.

Recycling cardboard

Recycling cardboard is a better option as compared to throwing them in the trash. Remember, the cardboard can contribute in emission of the greenhouse gas and methane when it is sent to the landfill.

The recycling process is worth talking about in this regard.

• First of all, you will have to assemble all of the boxes that you want recycled.
• At the recycling plant, the cardboard boxes will be placed in categories based on their types.
• The material is then soaked in the chemical which breaks down the fiber of cardboard.
• The pulp shaped material is filtered and stripped in order to remove any foreign materials and dyes from it.
• The clean pulp is then sent to the cardboard manufacturing plants.

Custom bags

Good thing is that the companies have started using recyclable custom bags. These bags are biodegradable and, so, they do not cause harm to the environment. These bags are usually made of Kraft paper.

The custom bags are also prepared using standard polypropylene and polyethylene films. However, non-woven polypropylene bags are biodegradable.

Plastic bag recycling process

The plastic bags are recycled using following process:

• First of all, you have to make sure that bags you want recycled are completely empty.
• You can collect plastic bags in your home by keeping a bag collection bin. This way, no bag will escape the recycling process.
• You can also consider reusing the plastic bags before recycling.