What is considered sustainable packaging?

With more and more people realizing the environmental impact of societal and personal choices, many are turning to sustainable packaging materials for all their packing needs. But what exactly is considered sustainable packaging?

The U.S. generates millions of tons of trash each year and approximately one third of that trash is made up of packaging waste of some kind. This packaging waste usually finds its way to landfill sites across the country. These landfill sites produce toxic gasses that leech into the communities and ecosystems surrounding them, negatively impacting the health of people and nature around them. Sustainable packaging is the use of packaging materials that lessen this harmful impact of waste. The following are a few ways in which we offer sustainable packaging here at Packaging HERO.

Sustainable packaging can be packaging materials that have multiple lifecycles before they are considered waste. This includes recycled material like this wholesale recycled black foam which is composed of a minimum of 90% recycled PE plastic content. Materials that can be recycled after use, like thesewholesale kraft paper rolls, also help keep packaging waste to a minimum and are considered sustainable packaging.

Biodegradable materials are materials that can be broken down quickly by microorganisms without adding pollution to the environment. By using packaging materials like this biodegradable loose fill for your packaging needs, you are helping to disrupt the outdated system of generating needless waste.

Here at Packaging HERO, we use CAD technology to reduce the size of materials, further eliminating waste. This technology also helps you save on cost by reducing material costs, freight expenses, labor and storage space. Our CAD technology also ensures maximum protection for your shipping needs. You can trust Packaging HERO to help you with all of your packaging needs.

Responsibly sourced means that a company has considered the social and environmental factors when managing their own supply chain. You can feel good about your product choices with Packaging HERO because we aim to make less of a negative impact on our environment. We offer packaging solutions that are sustainable and responsibly sourced, like our environmental “packing list enclosed” envelopes that are made from 100% recycled green tinted polyethylene and are manufactured using solar energy.