As the world becomes eco-friendlier, businesses are looking to get on board by offering more environmental manufacturing processes, materials and packaging solutions. Not only can this help them save money and resources, and make for a cleaner environment, it can make their products more attractive to earth conscious consumers.
However, despite the efforts being made, many companies still produce products that contaminate the atmosphere. Let’s take a look at these offenders and see what can be done to some up with cleaner high end packaging design.
Chip Bags:
Chip bags are made of up to seven layers of plastic and foil. Companies like them because they are light, reduce shipping volume, don’t take up much space on the shelves and make a great background for graphics.
However, there is no machinery on the market to separate these layers making them impossible to recycle.
There isn’t much that can be done to solve this problem, but consumers should feel encouraged to up cycle cleaning out the bags after the contents are eaten and using them as sandwich bags or for craft projects.
Single Serving Foods:
The convenience of single serve products makes them a growing trend in the food industry. However, their small size and difficult to recycle plastic does not make them the best option when it comes to earth friendly products.
Advances in technology may provide solutions in the form of new sorting machines and more sustainable polymers. Other options include redesigning packaging to make it more sustainable or using compostable and biodegradable containers. Coffee chains can do their part by offering their customers reusable mugs rather than disposable cups.
Toothpaste:
The small size, blended material and leftover toothpaste inside a toothpaste tube makes it impossible to disassemble and recycle.
Currently the Colgate-Palmolive company is working with the nonprofit environmental group, As You Sow, to create a recyclable toothpaste tube or package.
Pizza Boxes:
Pizza Boxes are made of recyclable materials but when cheese and other food remnants get stuck to the boxes it makes them unrecyclable.
Although there is not a lot we can do to prevent cheese from getting stuck to pizza boxes, some companies are taking the time to separate food and compostable materials in the restaurant. Others are using innovative packaging and beverage label design that can be disassembled, a recycle friendly feature.
Recyclable packaging can be a major advantage to any company but, as you can see, it is not always easy to achieve. To be sure you are doing all you can to provide environmentally friendly packaging, it is best to seek the help of an expert. Lien Design is highly recommended.
Lien Design is among the top packaging design agencies in the San Diego area. They have years of industry experience and a finger on the latest trends. They will give your company the very best when it comes to providing exceptional branding and packaging for your products.
If your company isn’t doing all it can to provide an eco-friendly product, Lien Design can help. Call them first to make sure your packaging and branding is doing all it can to provide a leg up on the competition.