Our flow wrapping machines have many benefits, one of the most obvious being its versatility and the wide range of products it is able to package both quickly and efficiently. Our machines can be perfectly tailored to suit a business product, offering packing speeds anywhere from 20 –1500 packs per minute! The reduction in manual labour combined with the production speeds can help any company to optimise their efficiency.
With current concerns about the environment, the conversation around packaging has been shifting tone in recent months, as the topic of doing what’s best for our planet is becoming increasingly important. As manufacturers, it’s our priority to help our customers strike the balance between reducing plastic packaging where possible yet preserving food life and preventing decontamination of non-compostable foods. It’s been great to collaborate with a number of our customers to achieve exactly this.
Our flow wrapping machines have many elements which make them more sustainable. They reduce the amount of material that is wasted due to the high precision cutting that our machines have that are customised to exactly fit your product. The benefits of the high speed and efficiency of our machines does not stop for you as a customer, it is also favourable for the environment as it reduces energy usage across the production line.
One of our most recent projects has involved working with an environmentally conscious customer to make the switch from plastic packs to paper, and from plastic punnets to biodegradable punnets. Even if we can manage to save a very small amount of plastic on each pack, the overall effect is sizable and helps significantly reduce the amount of plastic hitting our planet. The result of using biodegradable punnets, however, is mind blowing. Depending on the contents, going down this route can save anywhere between 67% – 81% amount of plastic on each pack! Changing plastic packs to paper has an even more impressive statistic of becoming 100% recyclable.
With this in mind, we ask ourselves the question; is paper packaging the way forward? Consumer mindsets are now leaning towards the eco-friendlier options, and therefore the look and feel of a recyclable pack is likely to become more and more attractive to the average shopper. Recent studies have shown more supermarkets have jumped on the sustainable package train with Asda setting themselves an objective to reach at least 30% recycled content in their own brand packaging. Many more supermarkets such as Tesco, Sainsburys, Lidl and Aldi encourage their shoppers to recycle their soft plastics by offering rewards for doing so at their recycling facilities. These activities help to stimulate the market for recycled content and enable investment in new recycling infrastructure and technologies. Turning to recycled packaging can allow your business to compete in this growing market and has the ability to improve your brand perception to consumers.
On the contrary, this will involve compromising what can be seen inside the pack and seeing the contents is something which will always remain important to consumers. Achieving your perfect balance is the ultimate aim we are currently working towards with many of our customers.
There is no correct answer but at Redpack we want to work with you to find your perfect packing solution. Contact us to discuss how we can help your business.
