Packaging specification, design and procurement is based on many factors, including the technical properties of the material, fitness for purpose, sourcing, functionality, manufacturing capability and cost. If packaging is poorly specified the resulting damaged products or wasted product would have far more of an environmental impact than the impact of the packaging.
While an increasing amount of packaging is recycled, a high proportion is not. Reducing the environmental impact of all packaging can be largely influenced at the specification and procurement stage – determining which materials are used, how much packaging is used, how the packaging is used and how easy it is to recycle. Giraffe have historically helped many companies to reduce the environmental impact of packaging, with a particular focus on cost, waste and carbon reduction. This is always achieved without compromising a packs functional performance, aesthetics or reducing the overall resource efficiency of a product/packaging supply chain. For more information see:
- Packaging Eco-Design;
- Design, Source, Supply; and
- Guidance and Compliance