You got that right! When you buy a product from the shop, order anything online or go out on a shopping spree and come back home with hands full of bags have you ever paid attention to the packaging bags, packaging material, and structure? Sometimes we do not even notice the packaging and throw it away in the excitement of digging in the product. Packaging is indeed the most ignored and unnoticed whereas it is the thing that secures your items in the storage, during shipping, and in stores. We just can’t ignore the benefits of packaging!
Harms caused by packaging
Another shocker, packaging can harm your environment and have a significant impact on health if not done correctly. The trash we dump in the bins sometimes, not always, end up in the sea polluting the life underwater, big fishes feed on toxic materials and mistake them for food, plastic chokes them, and it gets worse when some species are at the threat of being extinct because of the pollution of life underwater. But that is just one side of it, the packaging material that is not eco-friendly causes harm and pollution to our environment too. Plastic when it burns releases unhealthy fumes that are not safe at all and can cause serious health issues, corruption in no way is healthy for humans and animals and even the air. This is why instead of discarding plastic and dangerous materials they are being recycled in most places around the world and are turned into massive roads!
Packaging for a healthy environment
Did you know that most countries are banning plastic packaging for all types of items alike and the only form of plastic being used is the highly recycled version of plastic that is not harmful? It is true that plastic and some other materials for packaging are causing damage to the environment and to the ozone, and such packaging is replaced by eco-friendly materials such as paper-based packaging of all types. Paper-based packaging means that the packaging uses paper as its base and layers and layers of paper are put together to form excellent quality and sturdy packaging. This way the carbon footprint is reduced and the environment is saved!
Environmental and Industrial Benefits of Paper-based packaging
Paper-based packaging is a whole new type of packaging for some places today, but that packaging is produced everywhere around the world. The reason industries preferred plastic was its durability and availability. It won’t tear quickly, and it will stay the same for long periods, and it was indeed cheap. But now the paper-based packaging such as cardboard boxes and cartons, paper bags, etc. and boxboard boxes are all more affordable, most of them have high-resistance against damages, and they all are safe for the environment.
Paper-based packaging:
• Costs lesser
• Is highly customizable and takes any shape and color
• Is available in a variety of thicknesses and structures
• Easily accessible Lightweight
• Equally suitable for retail, warehouse, storage, and shipping
Given are only a few benefits of eco-friendly paper-based packaging, and there are undoubtedly lots more, and they are increasing as we speak.
What exactly is eco-friendly packaging and where to find it?
Eco-friendly packaging is the form of packaging that has evolved to become the best packaging available out there. This eco-friendly packaging is excellent for the consumer because it is very light in weight and sturdy, and it looks beautiful when customized and it is good for the manufacturers too because it is cost effective meaning more business and it is available in a variety of variations. As for the availability, this packaging type is available all around the world very quickly!
What businesses use eco-friendly packaging?
The answer to that is ‘every business.’ We can’t think of one industry that is not using the eco-friendly packaging. Because of its cost, variations, availability and possibilities in customization, it is being used across retail, wholesale and logistics all alike. Thus eco-friendly packaging is helping in leaving environment healthy, and plastic and toxic packaging are being replaced by it!
