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Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable Packaging. Grand River Printing Earth Day Seminar. What is Sustainable Packaging?. Maximizes the use of renewable or recycled source materials ; Is sourced, manufactured, transported, and recycled using renewable energy;

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Sustainable Packaging

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  1. Sustainable Packaging Grand River Printing Earth Day Seminar

  2. What is Sustainable Packaging? • Maximizes the use of renewable or recycled source materials; • Is sourced, manufactured, transported, and recycled using renewable energy; • Is manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices; • Meets market criteria for performance and cost; • Is physically designed to optimize materials and energy; • Is beneficial, safe & healthy for individuals and communities throughout its life cycle; • Is made from materials healthy in all probable end of life scenarios; • Is effectively recovered and utilized in biological and/or industrial cradle to cradle cycles. Source: Sustainable Packaging Coalition

  3. Definition of Sustainable Packaging The ability to meet our present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. Source: Packaging Strategies

  4. Is Sustainable Packaging Here To Stay? • Global warming is the new driver for corporate America’s interest in sustainable packaging. • Improved energy practices getting much of the attention in the C-level suites. • Of the Global Fortune 250, 64% now include statements of corporate responsibility. • Dow Jones Sustainability Index tracks the performanceof ~ 200 companies, stating “Sustainability factors are increasingly linked to financial drivers……” Source: Fortune Magazine, April 2, 2007

  5. Wal-Mart Goals • To be supplied 100% by renewable energy • Existing stores 25% more efficient in 7 years; new stores 30% more efficient in 4 years • Trucks 25% more efficient in 3 years; 50% in 10 years • To create zero waste • 25% reduction in solid waste in 3 years • All private brand packaging improved in 2 years • To sell products that sustain our resources and environment • 20% supply base aligned in 3 years

  6. Sustainable Value Networks

  7. Packaging Packaging Remove Remove Reuse Reuse Renew Renew SVN goals SVN goals Reduce Reduce Recycle Recycle Revenue Revenue The 7 R’s The 7 R’s Read: Learn about sustainability Read: Learn about sustainability Packaging Packaging GHG/CO GHG/CO Product to Product to Material value Material value 2 2 scorecard scorecard package ratio package ratio Distance to Distance to Recycled Recycled metrics metrics transport transport Recovery value Recovery value content content Cube utilization Cube utilization Packaging Packaging innovation innovation Renewable Renewable energy energy Scorecard Process (suppliers ranked vs. competition in the following categories)

  8. Scorecard Weighting • 15% GHG / CO2 per ton of Production • 15% Material Value • 15% Product / Package Ratio • 15% Cube Utilization • 10% Transportation • 10% Recycled Content • 10% Recovery Value • 5% Renewable Energy • 5% Innovation

  9. How do Wal-Mart and Other Companies Engage in a Sustainable Package Design Process?

  10. Packaging Supply Chain Efforts • Sustainable packaging efforts are directed primarily, but not exclusively, at: • Improving how materials, products, and packaging are sourced, purchased, designed, and produced • Reducing energy requirements throughout the product/package life cycle • Using renewable and recycled materials • Improving manufacturing processes and efficiencies

  11. Packaging Supply Chain Efforts in Action • Reducing package size and improving distribution/logistics efficiencies • Supporting retailing efficiencies • Diverting packaging waste to composting or recycling programs, or • Designing products/packaging with cradle to cradle rather than cradle to grave scenarios • Minimizing waste at every opportunity in the manufacturing and distribution cycles.[1] Source:Packaging and Integrated Technology Solutions Study, February, 2007

  12. Challenges to Implementing Sustainability (percent of respondents) • Cost – 60% • Comparable quality – 36% • Lack of alternatives – 31% • Raw material prices – 30% • Compatibility with existing systems – 30% • Lack of standard metrics – 27% Source: Packaging Digest and Sustainable Packaging Coalition Study December, 2007

  13. Examples of Sustainable Designs • Wine bottles made from PET plastic instead of glass • Sainsbury (U.K.) • 1/8 the weight of glass > reduces CO2 emissions • Soy Guard Deck Sealant • Made from Bio-resin • Ultra low V.O.C. Clean Air Formula • Non-toxic and non-flammable • Harry Potter – “greenest book” ever published • 65% of paper used is FSC certified (environmentally and socially responsibly managed) • 22 million pounds used in printing this book www.sustainableisgood.com

  14. Examples of Sustainable Designs • 360 Vodka • Uses 100% recycled paper for its labels • Labels printed with water based inks • Bottles made from 85% recycled content • 75% of which is post consumer • Shipping container is made from 100% recycled content and is designed to be re-used as a storage unit. • Postage paid return envelope to send bottle closures back for infinite use. www.sustainableisgood.com

  15. Examples of Sustainable Designs • Aqua2GO – boxed water • 94% product and 6% packaging • vs. 80% product and 20% packaging for bottled water • 5 year shelf life • Construction is 74% paper; 20% plastic, and 6% aluminum • Home Depot’s Eco Option line of products • 2,500 products currently with a goal of 6,000 • Electric chainsaw – green because it was not gas powered • Bug Zapper – green because it was not a poisonous spray. www.sustainableisgood.com

  16. Questions??

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