Packaging and Sustainability

Why is being sustainable important?

The earth’s natural resources are limited.

Considering that resources will eventually be exhausted, in order to improve the impact on the ecological environment, we have to learn how to rationally utilize and protect, achieving sustainability, maintaining a balance between environmental health, economic vitality, and social development.

Sustainable development can reduce carbon emissions, harmful substances, and other pollutants, thereby benefiting the global ecological circle. It can help humans create a cleaner and healthier world in the short term and may prevent disastrous changes in the future.

Changes occur in all aspects of life. Sustainability gradually affects consumers’ buying habits, more and more people with environmental awareness turning to eco-friendly products. As an important part of products, packaging also gradually entered the stage of sustainable development.

What is the role of packaging in sustainability?

Packaging is used to protect and store products. It is ubiquitous and can provide packaging and protection for food, beverages, medicines, cosmetics, etc. Good packaging affects consumers’ first impression, make a sales and marketing advantage. We need packaging, Or rather, we need sustainable packaging.

Due to the ubiquity, the pollution problem it causes is becoming increasingly serious. On average, 40% of the plastic is used in packaging, but less than 20% is recycled. Plastic pollution ends up in rivers, oceans, and landfills, endangering ecosystems and marine life. The emergence of sustainable packaging changed the situation.

Sustainable packaging generally uses eco-friendly materials and design techniques to minimize the use of non-renewable resources and reduce waste. Emphasize recycling, composting, and repurposing, avoiding landfills or being incinerated. It also spurred technological innovation in the industry, covering everything from reusable packaging to biodegradable plastics.

As a carrier of environmental awareness, consumers’ demand for sustainable packaging also pushes companies to adopt more environmental protection solutions, optimize design and materials, jointly promote the circular economy.

How can we make packaging sustainable?

Sustainable packaging aims to expand raw materials or extend the service life of products through development, reuse, and recycling, and decrease disposable packaging. The demand for new resources will be reduced with recycling and regeneration, causing less environmental burden by the new production.

The main trends in sustainable packaging solutions include:

1. Refillable Packaging;
2. PCR;
3. Mono Material;
4. Biodegradable Material;
5. Composting;

Among them, PCR, Refillable Bottle, and Mono Material are Xumin’s main directions in exploring sustainable solutions.

For the final demand for environmental protection, Xumin designs and produces various types of sustainable packaging to reduce waste and improve recyclability.

We can provide PCR mixed volume of 10% to 100% to virgin plastic, which reduces the demand for virgin materials and saves fossil fuels. Also, under the concept of refillable, we launched the following Airless bottle:

 

Features：

• The airless bottle uses atmospheric pressure, squeezing out 100% of the internal products. The special piston structure can also prevent the internal material from absorbing water and bacteria in the air.
• Using replaceable inner to reduce the new production of plastic, avoid more plastic garbage into the ecological cycle, and protect our living environment.
• The rotating base drives the pump up and down. Moreover, there is a fixed buckle inside the bottom to prevent material leakage caused by misoperation.
• The bottom’s fast-disassembly button can help remove the inner liner and achieve fast replacement.
• Support customization in LOGO&Print&Box, welcome to consult for more info.

 

 

The airless bottle has the advantages of accurate output and no waste of internal materials based on its unique piston design and atmospheric pressure-driven characteristics. Being refillable extends its life cycle and retains the original advantages.

The inner liner is usually from PP, which can be directly recycled after use. After cleaning, decomposition, melting, and reconstruction, be made into resin material (PCR) for new product production.

Replaceable packaging materials emphasize replaceability, minimizing the cost of reuse by customers, and greatly extending the service life of products without additional plastic pollution.

How can we help？

At Xumin, we help companies plan their packaging solutions centers on consumer needs, transform their cosmetic packaging to be more eco-friendly, and provide customized services that fit consumers’ usage habits under the general sustainability trend.

Welcome to contact us for any product quotes or customization services consultation.