Menswear start-up “Asket” has redesigned its packaging to significantly reduce the environmental impact it causes. The company is not making a trade secret of the concept but is making it available to interested parties as a white paper.
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Levy & Frey is a Berlin-based start-up with a clear mission: sustainability is the top priority, and disposable plastic should be avoided wherever possible. The online store has therefore been offering sustainable body care in powder form since December 2020.
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Thomas Regenhardt, Head of Packaging at HelloFresh, explains the challenges that cooking box shippers face when it comes to packaging concepts. He also explains how the fast-growing company is mastering the balancing act between packaging functions and sustainability.
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In an interview, Horst Bittermann, president of the industry association Pro Carton, explains why the cardboard and folding carton industry has come through the crisis so well and has excellent prospects.
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With a customized packaging solution for ski manufacturer Atomic, the latter has significantly increased its productivity: thanks to a new packaging system, bulky products such as skis now run on the same line as gloves and helmets.
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Digital services and marketplaces will increasingly shape the packaging industry. That is the conviction of Mikael Fristedt Westre, CEO and founder of Box Inc, a marketplace for cardboard boxes. Westre also advocates for more creativity in packaging design.
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According to a survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of packaging specialist DS Smith, more and more consumers in online retailing are saying: the less packaging, the better. But packaging optimization also has countable advantages for logistics.
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Consumers make a “fashion statement” when it comes to sustainability: According to a study by packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa, 35 percent of online customers would prefer not to buy fashion if the packaging is not environmentally friendly.
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Avoiding plastics is the goal of Green Home Living GmbH. With her online shop, in which she sells tabs for dissolving and producing cleaning agents as well as the matching spray bottles, she seems to have taken the pulse of the times.
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The praxPACK research project on reusable packaging in the mail order business is making progress. Avocadostore, Otto and Tchibo are now testing RePack shipping bags in use. Experiences and results are to be systematically processed, transferred to an online toolbox and made available to the e-commerce industry.
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