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Shop Your Values This Holiday Season

Nov 23rd 2022

Shop Your Values This Holiday SeasonIt's no secret that it has been a tough few months for businesses, particularly eCommerce businesses - many of whom rapidly scaled in 2020 and 2021 in response to t … read more

What is Greenwashing? How to Spot It and Avoid It.

Nov 15th 2022

The word greenwashing conjures up imagery of manipulation, corruption, and profiteering. According to Investopedia, “greenwashing” refers to “an unsubstantiated claim to deceive consumers i … read more

The Ultimate Guide to Recycling During the Holidays in 2022

Nov 2nd 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Recycling at the HolidaysThose of us who try to exercise sustainability but also love to fully celebrate the holiday season find ourselves wondering how to make both goals wor … read more

Guide to Sustainable Inner Packaging

Oct 18th 2022

Guide to Sustainable Inner Packaging Download a PDF of this guide here for easy reading and sharing. Many apparel brands we work with have begun the process of rethinking and replacing the … read more

Unsustainable Holiday Packaging Solutions to Avoid

Sep 27th 2022

Avoid These Unsustainable Holiday Packaging Options With holiday shopping around the corner, you're likely getting your online storefront or brick and mortar shop ready for the rush. An important … read more

Climate Wins That Inspire Action

Sep 20th 2022

Climate Wins That Inspire Action Everywhere we turn, we’re inundated with terrifying headlines about the planet and the future of humanity. I fully agree that climate change is an immediate and extr … read more

The Case Against Degradable Plastic Packaging

Aug 30th 2022

The Case Against Degradable Plastic Packaging Over the past few months, we've received dozens of questions about and requests for degradable packaging. There is no specific definition for "degrada … read more

The Ultimate List of Eco-Friendly & Environmental Holidays [A Guide to Green Holidays]

Aug 24th 2022

The Ultimate List of Eco-Friendly and Environmental Holiday Most of us already know Earth Day. But, you don’t have to wait until April 22nd to celebrate an eco-friendly holiday! In 1970, senator Gay … read more

2022 Holiday Planning Tool

Aug 16th 2022

2022 Holiday Planning Tool As your business looks ahead to the holiday season, it can be hard to know exactly how to plan for what is shaping up to be an uncertain year. Yesterday, we shar … read more

How to Plan for The 2022 Holiday Season

Aug 15th 2022

How to Plan for The 2022 Holiday Season We can all agree that it’s hard to know what this year’s holiday season will look like, especially for independent companies. There has been a lot of pessimis … read more

Choosing the Most Sustainable Retail Boxes

Aug 3rd 2022

Choosing the Most Sustainable Retail Boxes At EcoEnclose, our primary goal is to offer sustainable shipping supplies to eco-friendly brands, so you can be proud of how you ship. But many of our cust … read more

A Half Year In Review: Reflections and Lessons Learned From 2022 (So Far)

Jul 26th 2022

Reflections and Lessons Learned From 2022 As EcoEnclose entered July, we took a step back to reflect on our vision and plan for the year, and acknowledged that 2022 has not unfolded as many people ( … read more

The Anatomy of a Sustainable Unboxing Experience

Jul 13th 2022

The Anatomy of a Sustainable Unboxing ExperienceMake Unboxing A Critical Lever In Your Branding And Marketing Strategy If you have been on the internet in the last decade, the chances are you’ve see … read more

Tree Planting Initiatives: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Jul 11th 2022

Tree Planting Initiatives: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Tree planting initiatives and organizations have skyrocketed in recent years, with the promise of sequestering carbon and reversing climate … read more

Plastic Free July 2022: A Step-By-Step Guide

Jul 7th 2022

Plastic Free July: A Step-By Step Guide And just like that, it's July! This means it is the start of Plastic Free July! For me, Plastic Free July is a time to take stock in my habits and busine … read more

How Algae Printer Ink Is Changing the Industry

Jun 27th 2022

How Algae-Based Printer Ink Is Changing the Industry Ink is ubiquitous. You typically can’t go a few minutes without handling an item with printer ink - packaging, magazines, your keyboard, … read more

Prioritizing Sustainability in a Recession is Good for Business and the Planet

Jun 14th 2022

Prioritizing Sustainability in a Recession Economic uncertainty is scary. It is easy for brands to focus solely on cost cutting during these times, putting ethical and sustainability commitments on … read more

D2C: A Guide to Direct-To-Consumer Business Models

Jun 9th 2022

D2C: A Complete Guide to Direct-To-Consumer Business ModelsTable of Contents Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) Defined Benefits of D2C Challenges of D2C Sustainable Packaging for D2C Brands Examples of … read more

Ten Sustainability Myths Busted

May 27th 2022

Ten Sustainability Myths Busted We know there is a lot of misinformation out there about sustainable packaging. Here, we share our research and insights in response to ten myths we often hea … read more

Custom Poly Mailers: Are They Right For My Brand?

May 26th 2022

Custom Poly Mailers: Are They Right For My Brand? What do we mean by custom poly mailers? For EcoEnclose, this means our 100% Recycled Poly Mailers, custom branded with your design and logo to creat … read more

Recycled Content Versus Bioplastics

May 25th 2022

Recycled Content Versus Bioplastics Many of us have heard of bioplastics - polymers made from bio-based sources OR that are biodegradable, or both. We recently completed a comprehensive review and r … read more

The Psychology of Custom Tissue Paper

May 10th 2022

The Psychology of Custom Tissue Paper Picture this. You order your mom a gorgeous, thoughtfully made, and pricey pashmina scarf for Mother’s Day. You are so excited to see her expression when she op … read more

Finding the Most Sustainable Custom Stickers for Your Brand

May 9th 2022

Finding the Most Sustainable Custom Stickers for Your Brand Stickers and labels are everywhere. Almost all products we buy have labels for branding and product information. For example, fruits and … read more

Here’s What to do With Those Annoying Produce Stickers

May 5th 2022

Here’s What to do With Those Annoying Produce Stickers Raise your hand if you've accidentally eaten the little produce sticker on an apple?! I've informally polled my friends, and every one of the … read more

Why We Need to Talk About Biodiversity and Packaging

Apr 27th 2022

Why We Need to Talk about Biodiversity and Packaging This week, we’re continuing the spirit of 2022’s Earth Month theme - Invest in Our Planet. If you’re anything like me, you’ve seen your fair sh … read more

What is Glassine?

Apr 21st 2022

What is Glassine? In 2020, we launched an exciting new offering - Glassine Bags for inner or wholesale packaging. This week we released Version 2.0 of this bag. Our latest version is a huge step … read more

Eco-Friendly Adhesives In the World of Sustainable Packaging

Apr 18th 2022

Eco-Friendly Adhesives In the World of Sustainable Packaging You probably think of boxes and mailers when you think of shipping packaging. Maybe you think about tissue paper and bubble wrap. You mig … read more

Sourcing The Most Sustainable Paper

Apr 12th 2022

Sourcing The Most Sustainable Paper This Earth Month, the theme is “Invest in our Planet.” One of the biggest impacts you can have on your product, packaging, and corporate sustainability efforts is … read more

Why Recycled Content Matters Now More Than Ever

Apr 4th 2022

Why Recycled Content Matters Now More Than Ever Last week, we learned that paper supply for our 110lb 100% post-consumer waste cardstock (used for our business cards, hang tags and notecards) would … read more

Buy Recycled Across Your Business: Ideas and Resources

Mar 30th 2022

Buy Recycled Across Your Business: Ideas and Resources Hopefully you’ve found that EcoEnclose makes it insanely easy to find sustainable, recycled packaging for your ecommerce business! B … read more

Understanding Shipping Box Strength

Mar 23rd 2022

Understanding Shipping Box Strength Shipping box sheet strength is described with a number and letter. The number is the Edge Crush Test rating and describes how much weight a single sheet can withs … read more

Points, Pounds and GSM. What's the Difference and What Do You Need in Your Paper Packaging?

Mar 14th 2022

Points, Pounds and GSM. What's the Difference? Paper is ubiquitous. We learn to read and write on it. Half of what we buy is packaged in some form of it. Our mail is filled with it. But th … read more