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Packaging is an unavoidable part of everyday life. It protects products, preserves them, enhances them, displays important information, acts as a marketing tool and allows for safe transportation. However, the unfortunate truth is that packaging is often viewed as waste. Even worse, packaging often ends up this way too. Therefore a key consideration of recycled packaging design involves the generation of less waste following the end of its’ useful life, whilst still helping end-consumers to use it and the contained products efficiently. This is why there has been a growing focus on recyclable packaging solutions such as corrugated cardboard. This guide aims to provide a balanced, holistic argument as to whether eco-friendly or biodegradable packaging would make sense for our business / application. Before beginning to ascertain whether recyclable packaging (and which type) is suitable for our business, it is important to fully understand what is meant by this, as well as a lot of the o...

Packaging is an unavoidable part of everyday life. It protects products, preserves them, enhances them, displays important information, acts as a marketing tool and allows for safe transportation. However, the unfortunate truth is that packaging is often viewed as waste. Even worse, packaging often ends up this way too. Therefore a key consideration of good packaging design involves the generation of less waste following the end of its’ useful life, whilst still helping end-consumers to use it and the contained products efficiently. Before beginning to ascertain whether recyclable packaging is suitable for your business, it is important to fully understand what is meant by this, as well as a lot of the other commonly used terms such as biodegradable, eco-friendly, reusable and so on. There are effectively three main types of what are often considered environmentally friendly packaging:  1. Reusable / returnable packaging: This is any form of packaging that can be cleaned and re-use...