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No one knew the catastrophic effects that plastics were going to produce in the near future when it was first introduced. Their affordability and expandability made them the perfect pair for any type of shopping item. However, this great solution became a greater problem as it gradually started filling our lands and oceans polluting our soil and waters in no time. Although heavily ignored initially, the problem soon gained the spotlight after several warnings from experts.
Currently, the entire world is expected to work together to eliminate or at least reduce the use of single-use and other plastics. Here are a few reasons and methods to reduce the use of plastics and replace them for good:
Do not get us wrong, we are not demonizing the plastic industry, it already is and has been the source of trouble for years. There are innumerable reasons for this; plastics, normally, live up to 450 to 1000 years. If we go with the pace that we have currently, there will be plastics roaming the planet even after humans go extinct. Another reason for the importance of the removal of plastic is the way it has been destroying habitats and endangering wildlife as well as aquatic. There is currently more plastic in the sea than fishes, which we most certainly cannot consume.
Compared to plastic, the paper has no lifespan at all. It only lives up to 4 weeks in the environment. This gap, alone, is evidence enough for your business to adopt paper packaging. Paper packaging comes mostly in the form of cardboard boxes. The best part is that paper packaging is adaptable to any product type with its variants i.e. corrugated, rigid, and lid boxes.
When it comes to talks of replacing your plastic packaging with paper, it does not stop at the outside only. Let us say your brand uses bubble wraps that are made of plastics to wrap products, or your paper packaging has a laminated layer of plastic that makes the recycling process difficult to impossible. These factors are only a few of the packaging techniques that can be changed and be replaced with the use of paper.
What gives paper-based packaging the upper hand is its recyclability. It presents customers with peace of mind that their waste is well taken care of after disposal. The recycling process makes sure these paper packaging are used for the production of other paper products such as cardboard etc.
The number of plastic alternatives keeps increasing by the day thanks to the developments of science and technology. Here are a few plastic replacements that have been working well:
