Sustainable sugar cane cosmetic tube packaging

 Will sustainable packaging design help your brand?

Reduce, reuse, recycle! Sustainable packaging design has become key for brands to appeal to modern consumers. Consumers are more educated and more inclined to choose products with sustainable packaging designs over the same products with unsustainable packaging designs. Has moved to environmentally friendly, recyclable and compostable packaging designs. This shift in focus has put leading brands and companies under scrutiny for unsustainable production factors. Over the past five years, brands have adopted sustainable packaging design at an incredible rate.

Switching to more sustainable packaging is one obvious action brands can take to respond to consumers. Having sustainable packaging is a quick and easy way for brands to communicate their efforts to change and adopt more environmentally conscious values. Industry leaders are now constantly seeking more sustainable materials and resources. For leaders evaluating sustainable packaging design options and considering alternatives, factors such as pressure to require a minimum carbon footprint are top of mind.

Consumers want to buy greener products, but their decisions are often based on quick judgment. Some people find it difficult to differentiate between unsustainable and sustainable packaging designs, so if you make an effort to pack your products in eco-friendly packaging, tell your consumers. This is not to brag, but to help shoppers make informed purchasing decisions. The visual appearance of packaging affects consumer behavior. Research shows this is especially true when making purchasing decisions with sustainability and sorting waste in mind. This means your sustainable packaging design is more likely to be selected and properly thrown into the recycling bin.

Sustainable packaging design materials: what are the options?

When it comes to sustainable packaging, brands source more plant-based fibers than plastic materials. However, there is growing interest in biodegradable and compostable plastics. Brands are using unique sustainable packaging design materials as they strive for cost-effective solutions. Here we share five interesting examples of materials for sustainable packaging design.

Sugar Cane Cosmetic Tube

Xinfly Packaging uses sugar cane as a raw material to support the sustainable packaging design of its face wash, scrub and moisturizer. The tubes are made from sugarcane plastic, which comes from the sugarcane plant, a renewable resource.

The main ingredient used in most sustainable sugarcane-based packaging designs is bagasse, an extract of the sugarcane plant. It is biodegradable, has high heat resistance and, like sugar cane plastic, comes from renewable sources.

Appreciate Sustainable Packaging Design

 With the rapid economic development and the society's increasing attention to environmental issues, sustainable packaging design has become the development trend of future packaging design. More and more practical and environmentally friendly packaging designs have been integrated into people's daily life, adding a little color and interest to the busy life, and also conveying the concept of green and environmentally friendly life. Today, Xiaobian brings you several sustainable packaging designs, let’s experience these sparkling ideas together!

Cocoa beans can not only make chocolate, but also make packaging

Maybe you like to eat chocolate chips and know that the raw materials of chocolate chips come from cocoa beans, but do you know that the shell of cocoa beans can also be used for packaging? PriestmanGoode has designed a sustainable lunch box made from cocoa shells, mycelium and pineapple shells. Looking to use natural materials instead of plastic to reduce environmental impact and create a more comfortable dining experience.

Have you ever seen a tote bag made of peel?

Minimalist design style, colorful color options, environmentally friendly natural attributes, this is the Sonne155 designed by Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten and Lobke Beckfeld. This tote bag is made of biodegradable materials, and the ultimate destination of each bag is to decompose. Designers hope to use this design to replace disposable packaging bags and spread the concept of sustainable environmental protection.

Packaging is also soap, no waste

Looking closely, it is not difficult to find that most of the soaps purchased in supermarkets are paper packaging, but there are still plastic packaging for soap on the market. Every year, unmeasurable soap boxes flow into the ocean or stray in all corners of nature, causing pollution to the environment. In search of an alternative to plastic containers, designer Jonna Breitenhuber designed a soap package that directly encapsulates liquid soap in solid soap. Yes, you read that right, it is both a packaging and a soap. No garbage, isn't it nice!

There are many more packaging designs like this. In the final analysis, designers adhere to the concept of sustainable development and minimize the impact on the environment after packaging is discarded. This coincides with Ranpak's philosophy. We also focus on sustainable packaging solutions, using kraft paper that is recyclable, renewable and degradable.