Four Ways To Upgrade Your Packaging

Driving positive change is a guiding principle for all of us here at Cambrian. We are passionate about helping our customers find the perfect solution to their packaging problems – and that includes developing upgrades to packaging that make it more sustainable and cost effective and the end product more desirable to consumers. Read on to find out why upgrading your packaging is important and the four best ways to do it ….. Upgrading your packaging is vital for your business for many different reasons. Whether you’re in food manufacturing or you manufacture chemicals for the healthcare, animal healthcare, commercial cleaning or automotive industries, upgrading your packaging can make an enormous difference to your brand reputation, your business costs and how your product is viewed among consumers. Reduce carbons Reducing your business’s carbon footprint by upgrading your packaging is a major way to do your bit to help make our world a better place. It will also enhance your reputation as a sustainability pioneer! Reduce costs Businesses currently have to pay a tax of £200 per tonne of plastic packaging that doesn’t contain at least 30% recycled plastic. Upgrading to more sustainable packaging can help reduce the amount of Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) that you have to pay, potentially saving thousands of pounds. Reduce pollution Ecosystems throughout the world are being ravaged by plastic pollution. Upgrading your packaging to use less virgin plastic means you’ll be doing your bit to tackle this crisis head-on and enhancing your business’s reputation for being socially responsible. Meet consumer expectations Most consumers now expect their brands to be packaged in a sustainable way. If you don’t upgrade to more sustainable packaging, then your consumers may decide against investing in your product. Four Ways To Upgrade Your Packaging We’ve established the reasons why upgrading your packaging is an important business move to make, but we know it can be a daunting task working out how to go about it. Read on for four of the best ways to get a packaging upgrade and how Cambrian can guide you every step of the way. Use more high recycled content plastics Not only will upgrading your packaging to contain more high recycled plastic content help you to reduce business costs by avoiding paying Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), it’ll also help build your reputation as a socially responsible sustainability pioneer. Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET and rPET) & High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) plastics are widely recycled and can be recovered and recycled over and over again. As one of the plastic packaging industry’s first companies to be awarded Carbon Neutral status, we can guide you through the process of upgrading your packaging to contain plastics with a higher recycled content. We also offer our ECycle™ Range, which is 100% PCR (post consumer recycled). Conduct a packaging sustainability audit Understanding the life cycle of your packaging and examining a package’s true sustainability and performance will help you identify the exact areas where you need to improve and upgrade. We can help you to devise and implement a realistic and achievable Sustainability Strategy that will tap into all your business objectives. Review your packaging’s design Delving into the way your packaging is designed (and assessing all the pros and cons) will help you identify where your packaging could perform better for your product and help you build brand loyalty. It could also help improve your business’s efficiency, productivity and carbon footprint. If you’d like help in reviewing and upgrading your packaging design, just ask one of our experts. Use Cambrian’s Free Samples Service Upgrading your packaging has now been made even easier with Cambrian’s Free Samples Service! Checking that your product is chemically compatible with any intended packaging upgrades is crucial, so get in touch and we’ll send you free overnight samples that meet your requirements. How Cambrian Can Help: Our Sustainable Packaging Service Whichever industry you’re in, Cambrian is passionate about helping you find the best, most effective ways to upgrade your packaging. We know that it’s a major business decision to transition to better packaging – that’s why we devised our 5-step process to help you every step of the way. 1. FREE consultation – a chat about your business’s packaging needs at a time convenient to you that costs you nothing. 2. Analyse current packaging – to see what level of recyclability it’s capable of, how it reflects your brand values and the chemical compatibility required. 3. Specify more sustainable and cost effective packaging alternatives. 4. Send out samples of these alternatives for you to test independently against your product. 5. Deliver your new packaging in the shortest lead times out there.

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