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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The Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) and the Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg have honored fritz-kola and Hassia Mineralquellen for exemplary initiatives in the further development of the German reusable system. DUH sees reusables as the key to solving the single-use waste problem.
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The Danish “Grow Up Farm” launches “Eat-Grow-Repeat ”, a new product in which the packaging plays an essential role: Small pea plants that grow in a bag. After removing the top section of the bag, the bottom of the bag becomes a pot.
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Within the scope of the 13th German Sustainability Award and the German Sustainability Award Design, which was awarded for the first time, some packaging concepts also received awards. These went to Frosta, Werner & Mertz, Kneipp and Everdrop, among others.
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Elbe-Obst offers an original upcycling of apple cartons: These are now available with Advent calendar. Every day, consumers have the chance to win a new prize – from toys to Apple products.
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The champagne producer Maison Ruinart, which belongs to the luxury goods group LVMH, is drawing attention to itself with a new outer packaging for champagne. A “second skin” made of recyclable material preserves the emblematic silhouette of the bottles.
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With FreshPack, Alpma has launched a new solution for packaging butter. The Molkerei Weihenstephan has already been convinced by the packaging. And refers not only to product protection but also to a fresher taste.
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Bacardi wants to swap crude oil for seed oil as the starting material for bottles and thus develop a 100 percent biodegradable spirit bottle. This bottle is expected to hit the shelves by 2023 and then replace around 80 million plastic bottles.
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Car manufacturer Skoda uses a new packaging concept for vehicle parts at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav: Biodegradable films replace the plastic films previously used. After use, the packaging material is composted and used as fertilizer, for example.
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