SEASON 1
The great packaging pileup: finding better ways to wrap up our goods
How can businesses improve their approach to packaging, maximising its value and eliminating waste?
How can businesses improve their approach to packaging, maximising its value and eliminating waste?
Your business wants to reduce packaging and keep materials in the economy and out of waste.
Insight into current developments and impacts to help your packaging decisions.
Because the amount and types of packaging we generate and use each day is untenable.
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Packaging serves a form and function, and it isn’t a case of one size fits all: for every product, there are a different set of requirements. But the amount of packaging waste we generate each day is untenable. So what does it take to eliminate packaging, or innovate so that its embedded energy and value can be maximised?
Join us as we unpack the pickle of packaging.
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Find out where to focus your efforts towards getting out of this Pickle.
Take a step back and have a fresh look at the packaging decisions your business has already made.
Globally recognised frameworks and certifications are readily available and can help your business to set the course to improve your packaging.
Review your current suppliers. Help customers change their behaviours and give clear directions.
Find out where to focus your efforts towards getting out of this Pickle.
Read the report, dive into our database of findings, or listen to a podcast to hear more from the experts on this topic.
Get support and challenge in the process of creating and executing on your impact agenda.
Engage your wider team on this topic through a workshop with one of our leaders, with case studies, tools and actions to share.
To bring you this Pickle topic we went deep into the research across sectors, topics, regions and more. Some top picks from our research. Find all the stats, case studies and sources we use.
The Ellen Macarthur Foundation provide free online framework with a step-by-step guide to think about packaging design through an environmental lens.
of paper products are produced each year. About half of this is used for packaging. Globally, around 55% of all cardboard is still made by cutting down trees, mostly in renewable ways, as certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
in the price of major packaging resins, such as PET. These once-in-a-lifetime increases in plastic packaging pricing are a result of weather events, infrastructure breakdown, Covid-19, and labour shortages.
