The Styrogyra Blog
“A recent report on the analysis of official EU data on packaging shows that over the past 11 years the amount of packaging waste going to final disposal in EU-15 has fallen by 43%.
Higher recycling levels and other forms of packaging waste recovery are largely the reasons says EUROPEN, the European Organization for Packaging and the Environment.
In 2008, in the EU 27 member states, just over 17 million tonnes of packaging were sent for final disposal. To put this into context, it is estimated that 89 million tonnes of food are currently wasted in the EU, more than five times the amount of packaging waste.”
Packaging waste is quite rightly a cause for concern. Still, in my view, there is packaging and then, there is packaging…
Protective packaging – of the kind manufactured by Styropack – is packaging that plays a humble, but essential role, in our modern world.
It is certainly not frippery and fiddle faddle!
Protecting goods and food in transit from a factory to our homes or from a farm or dockside to our plate, is an important job and it is one that needs to be done properly.
Breakages and spoilt food contribute to the mountains of waste that we produce. A television that is damaged in transit and returned to the manufacturer is a waste of resources; the energy and materials used to make it are lost.
A carefully designed protective package can ensure that your high value electrical goods arrive in one piece. And, a Styropack box will keep fish or meat fresh so that it tastes good and is safe to eat.
Transporting goods around the UK and around the world is intrinsic to our way of life and, of course it uses fuel. This fact is at the forefront of every manufacturer's mind when considering protective packaging.
A transit pack needs to do the protection job required of it, it must be as lightweight as possible and, ideally it must be recyclable.
So, I hope you don't mind me mentioning at this point; a Styropack packaging solution or, a Styropack box, fulfil all these criteria.
Styropack packaging has outstanding protection capabilities, it is 98% air – and therefore incredibly light – and it is 100% recyclable.