Sustainable Packaging
Some examples of my favourite pieces of sustainable design. 'Boxed' water company has switched out using plastic bottles entirely in favour of using tetra pak cartons, which are far easier and more widely recycled and also are shipped flat packed, so they can be shipped in ridiculously larger quantities than water bottles.
Pangea Organics are a cosmetics company that specialises in both organic products and organic packaging. It is made from newspaper with no dyes and no glues and the packaging can be soaked in water before being planted in your garden and will grow into plants.
For me, sustainability is the idea of something having more than one life. This parcel below, for example, contains a t-shirt and is sent out to the buyer, they pack itself then can be transformed into a coat hanger to hang the t-shirt on, ensuring that the packaging doesn't get simply thrown away. Creating a second use for something increases it's lifespan.
Lightbulb packaging that is the lampshade.
I find this to be absolutely brilliant, a re-imagining of McDonald's food packaging. Food packaging is seen as one of the biggest problem in the packaging waste dilema. Instead of everything being wrapped seperately, making more packaging to be discarded, this new pack, made entirely from recyclable materials, includes the whole meal in one handy, easily disposed of package.
Banana leaves had been used in a wide variety of cultures for hundreds of years, but they have started to become more widely used in the western culture in recent years as take away food packaging. They are 100% natural and biodegradable, in abundance, their waxy texture allows them to hold the greasiest of food with no mess, and the natural seams in the leaf allows them to be torn open with utmost ease.
The 60 day bag does exactly what it says on the tin really.
Pangea Organics are a cosmetics company that specialises in both organic products and organic packaging. It is made from newspaper with no dyes and no glues and the packaging can be soaked in water before being planted in your garden and will grow into plants.
For me, sustainability is the idea of something having more than one life. This parcel below, for example, contains a t-shirt and is sent out to the buyer, they pack itself then can be transformed into a coat hanger to hang the t-shirt on, ensuring that the packaging doesn't get simply thrown away. Creating a second use for something increases it's lifespan.
Lightbulb packaging that is the lampshade.
I find this to be absolutely brilliant, a re-imagining of McDonald's food packaging. Food packaging is seen as one of the biggest problem in the packaging waste dilema. Instead of everything being wrapped seperately, making more packaging to be discarded, this new pack, made entirely from recyclable materials, includes the whole meal in one handy, easily disposed of package.
Banana leaves had been used in a wide variety of cultures for hundreds of years, but they have started to become more widely used in the western culture in recent years as take away food packaging. They are 100% natural and biodegradable, in abundance, their waxy texture allows them to hold the greasiest of food with no mess, and the natural seams in the leaf allows them to be torn open with utmost ease.
The 60 day bag does exactly what it says on the tin really.
Since the fabric is made out of the industrial waste from flax fibre, it doesn't use any extra natural resources and requires little energy to produce. The technology and materials enable the bags to decompose naturally approximately 60 days after being discarded.
This is a major breakthrough because it means they don't need expensive recycling or disposal in landfills. They are sturdy enough to be used repeatedly, but break down quickly when thrown out. (www.treehugger.com)
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