| Sustainable packaging addresses performance and | | | | become a major factor. It presents a challenge to |
| cost along with maximizing the use of renewable | | | | those that stay status-quo but will offer guidance |
| types of plastic materials or the use of recycling | | | | to identify the opportunities and the strategies to |
| of other various materials like paper or cardboard. | | | | help us move forward. One of the key strategies |
| I figure the following factors would contribute to | | | | is to challenge the product design, as it stands to |
| cost savings. | | | | point out we can prevent waste, if we optimize |
| The use of renewable or recycled source | | | | our use of resources, select safer materials and |
| materials; able to manufactured using clean | | | | plan for the recycle process or some |
| production technologies and best practices; make | | | | recoverability of our packaging. |
| products from materials healthy in all end-of-life | | | | However, even the most well designed packaging |
| scenarios; designed to optimize materials and | | | | does not meet the sustainability test the real |
| energy; effectively recover and utilized in biological | | | | challenge is to be able to put effective systems |
| or industrial cycles. | | | | into recoverability of the value of the materials. |
| If we look at improving packaging sustainability it | | | | Building effective and closed-loop recycling and |
| will result in less waste and will allow for fewer | | | | composting systems for packaging materials will |
| materials going into the land fill. Looking at the | | | | be one of the biggest challenges to the creation |
| entire life cycle of packaging, the definition gives | | | | of the sustainable packaging industry, but is one |
| us a vision for the packaging industry all of which | | | | from which everyone stands to gain from |
| must be addressed if sustainable packaging is to | | | | personal use and manufacturing. |