The Negative Side of Packaging

Packaging is generating tons of waste, producing packaging negatively impacts the environment in many ways :

• If discarded as rubbish, it may harm wildlife by polluting our air, water and soil.
• It generates greenhouse gas emissions which can contribute to climate change.
• It may drain natural resources including water and oil.

All of this clarifies why an ever increasing number of consumers are beginning to feel worn out on excessive packaging and request for a more eco-friendlier packaging solution.

Businesses are reacting by utilizing renewable, reused, as well as recyclable materials in their packaging; dispensing with pointless filler materials; and shrinking the packaging size generally.

A few businesses  are taking things considerably further by depending on sustainable power to create their packaging, accentuating water and energy proficiency, and sourcing materials from ecologically capable providers.

Currently a few evaluations recommend 4.125 billion pounds of waste will have been dispensed with somewhere in the range of 2005 and 2020.

Benefits You’ll Get For Reducing Packaging Waste

Packaging is generating tons of waste, producing packaging negatively impacts the environment in many ways.

As you can envision, by decreasing packaging waste it may benefit human well-being and the climate as well :

• Our air, water, and soil will be less polluted
• There will be less waste in landfills
• Our natural resources will last longer because there will be less of over extraction
• During manufacturing process there will be less carbon emissions
• Lesser carbon emissions during the transportation process (because slimmer packages increase the number of items that can be shipped in one load, thereby reducing the need for additional vehicles)

Less packaging may likewise bring about cost savings for shoppers. As a rule, costs for all the more intensely pack items are higher (> 50 percent higher) than those less-bundled renditions of a similar item.

How can I Help to Reduce Packaging Waste in Our Daily Life?

While it’s important that businesses do their part to reduce packaging waste, regular people can assist by trying a couple of these straightforward things :

1. Start with Recycling, opt for recycled, recyclable or biodegradable packaging.
2. Choose products that can be reused. Left-over carton boxes or paper for packaging can be converted into products that can be used effectively for another purpose.
3. Choose products that use sustainable raw materials
4. Buy less stuff and try to buy in bulk.
5. If you can’t buy in bulk, choose products with minimal packaging.
6. Take your own recycle bags or containers to the store.
7. Try not to use single-use plastic containers and water bottles, try using reusable water bottle.
8. Maintain and try to repair existing products.

KYM products related to point 1

KYM’s corrugated carton boxes are made from 100% recycled material and where applicable, with food grade certification.The corrugated carton boxes produced are recyclable which means we reduce the quantity of waste material to the landfill.

We continue to work with key suppliers to continue to innovate our products to better serve our existing customers as well to develop new customers. Examples of the results of some of these new products are the Multiwall Industrial Paper Sacks Division’s D-Sacks.

D-Sack is paper cement sack that disappears in the mixer, eliminating packaging waste, minimizing handling time and creating a cleaner and safer workplace.

KYM products related to light weighting initiatives (reducing weight and materials usage)

We invest in equipment designed to reduce the amount of material used in the production of packaging and to deliver lower basis-weight packaging in sufficient quality and quantity. Minimal packaging not only reduces material use but also decreases the product cost.

For more information about how we can help to innovate your paper packaging and support you on reducing packaging waste, kindly contact us at +605 – 201 5000. or email us at packtalk@kym.com.my.