Tuesday 27 December 2011

Tree-free Packaging: Tree-free Packaging: When Packaging Your Products ...

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Why Going Green Is Important - Can Consumers Recycle Your Packaging Products?


Why Going Green Is Important - Can Consumers Recycle Your Packaging Products?

Getting a realistic picture of how easy or difficult it is for the public to recycle products and packaging can be a critical part of business operations. “Can Consumers believe in your brand  that your products are recycable or sustainably “green”? In the coming years, this question will make or break a company’s brand because green product packaging and sustainability is the hottest issue facing manufacturers today. 
The importance of  using tree-free packaging products -Recycle Paper Boxes made from bamboo reduces deforestation and protects biodiversity and most consumers are interested in packaging products that save rainforest and protect the environment. The question is why are businesses and institutions  still purchasing toxic packaging products?
For an institution or business, it is cheaper to dump garbage in a landfill than to recycle it properly. The right sticks and carrots have never been put in place to encourage them to do the right thing instead of the cheapest thing. The same goes for product importers and manufacturers who have never been given proper incentives to accept the responsibility and costs of recycling their products or, better still, making greener ones in the first place.

Packaging is designed to convey a message and protect a company’ brand from its competitors but what other functions must it serve too?
 
• First and foremost, think about the product packaging. There's so much that goes into growing and processing trees and that should be the first thing on your mind. Look for tree-free pulp packaging products, BambooOrganic Fabric Shopping Bags, look for recycle paper cardboard materials and PET  - ClearPlastic Folding.

• Choose recyclable materials. Check with your municipality to make sure you're recycling everything you can. Select products packaged in certified fiber, meaning it's grown in forests that are sustainably managed.

• Do home composting, or encourage your municipality to work toward opening a composting facility or just look for one in your community. Across the country, people are getting into composting as a business; perhaps eventually it will be cheaper to do than a landfill.

• Do something as little as reusing your BambooOrganic Fabric Shopping Bags, which is washable, and the most durable fabric in the world...

In the end, we can achieve the goal, not by quantum leaps; but by small incremental steps – person-by-person, product by product, choice by choice. Progress will likely be hard to see along the way; but, the end result will be worth the effort.

Wednesday 21 December 2011

Tree-free Packaging: When Packaging Your Products Think Green and Defor...

Tree-free Packaging: When Packaging Your Products Think Green and Defor...: When Packaging Your Products Think Green and Deforestation Wholesalers and retailers impact our environment a great deal, because they...

When Packaging Your Products Think Green and Deforestation

Wholesalers and retailers impact our environment a great deal, because they use corrugated cardboard boxes to store merchandise all made from wood pulp. Now, lets count the number of warehouses around the world and multiply by the numbers of corrugated shipping cartons and we will have idea about the number of trees cut down every year just to package products and distribute around the world.

Wood pulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibers from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood pulp is the most common raw material in papermaking.
What goes into paper?
  • 37% Managed regenerated forests that have been logged and then encouraged to grow again by natural means, such as seeding.
  • 29% Industrial pulp plantations that produce fast-growing trees such as some pines and eucalystus.
  • 1% Tropical rain forest.
  • 1% Original temperate forests (United States, parts of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Europe and China).
  • 15% Original boreal forests (Alaska, Canada, Russia and Scandinavia).
  • 17% Unmanaged naturally regenerated forests.
 While it’s nearly impossible to avoid waste and environmental impact, it is  possible to help reduce it. One way to consider your impact on our Earth is through product packaging and packaging of products after purchase. A few ways to do this include:
  1. Try to use recycled materials like Recycle Paper Boxes made from bamboo-pulp to reduce deforestation. Reuse of anything is a good thing since one time usage affects our environmental footprint greater. Challenge yourself and your business to reuse what you can, therefore recycling materials for the better of our Earth.
  2. Support recycling. Educate your consumers on what they can do with your package once they no longer need it. To avoid waste in packaging for purchases all together, offer cloth, reusable bags for sale – even if bags are not your thing. Then offer a percentage of purchases when these bags are used. It is a win-win for the environment and your business.
  3.  Bamboo Organic Fabric Shopping Bags saves the environment- it can be reused several times: this is an alternative of single use paper or plastic bags. It is often made from bamboo-fiber/fabric and is more durable than disposable plastic bags, allowing multiple use.