Flexible packaging provides many consumer conveniences including; easy storage, reclosability, extended shelf life, microwavability, portability, helps get all the product out of the package, takes up less space and reducing breakage especially for e-commerce.
Sustainable benefits include:
Reduces Impact in Manufacturing and Distribution
- Consumes less energy and fewer natural resources
- Generates less CO2 emissions
- Results in higher product to package ratio
- Requires fewer trucks for transportation, using less fuel and creating less emissions
Provides many consumer conveniences:
Extended shelf life
Easy storage
Microwaveable
Recloseable
Smaller Environmental Footprint
Energy consumption and environmental impact during transportation is greatly reduced.
Truckloads needed to transport packaging for equal amounts of product
Uses Less Resources
*Examples of packaging needed to package 60 pounds of beverage
Source: Data is from the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)
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