EcoEnclose Blog

What’s the Difference Between Recyclable and Compostable Packaging?

Jun 22nd 2021

If you’re interested in sustainable packaging and reducing your brand’s environmental impact, you’re likely familiar with two common, eco-friendly practices: recycling and composting. Both are end of … read more

Paper vs. Plastic: Which Should I Use for My Packaging?

Jun 12th 2021

One of the most common sustainable packaging questions we get: Should I go with paper mailers or poly mailers? When you're finding your packaging from EcoEnclose, the question is - should I go with 10 … read more

Custom Notecards Can Tell Your Packaging Story

Jun 1st 2021

Sustainable packaging is not just good for the planet, it is good business. 73% of consumers are more likely to buy a product packaged sustainably. Many will also pay a premium.If you’ve already … read more

Using QR Codes to Tell Your Sustainable Packaging Story

May 24th 2021

You’ve made the investment in sustainable packaging. Now it’s time to tell the world (or at least your customers).73% of consumers are more likely to buy a product packaged sustainably. Many will also … read more

Eco Customer Spotlight: TomboyX

May 16th 2021

One of the privileges of running EcoEnclose? The awe-inspiring companies we get to work with and learn from every day. While it would be impossible to give each of them their due, we are thri … read more

Takeaways from SPC Impact 2021 and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition

May 10th 2021

As a member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, we had a chance to join SPC Impact 2021, a virtual event focused on sustainable packaging trends and challenges.It was a hugely informativ … read more

Minimum Order Quantities: What They Are and Why We Have Them

May 7th 2021

Post production printing has low minimum order quantities (usually starting around 500 units) but requires more limited print capabilities and higher unit pricing. Inline printing has much higher mini … read more

The Most Important Question to Ask when Seeking Sustainable Packaging

Apr 20th 2021

How Much Post Consumer Waste Does It Have?To us, the number one question to help you evaluate a packaging option should be around post-consumer waste. What does post-consumer waste mean? Pos … read more

Six (Last Minute) Earth Day Strategies

Apr 20th 2021

Earth Day is this Thursday, April 22nd! It is our favorite day of the year, a day when so many across the globe take actions to support environmental progress, through rallies, webinars, petition … read more

Restore Our Planet: Yes, It Is Possible

Apr 19th 2021

The theme of Earth Day 2021 - Restore Our Planet - may seem farfetched, especially if you’ve binge watched too many doomsday documentaries about the planet. In fact there are so many current … read more

Setting Recycled Content Goals For Your Business

Apr 6th 2021

It’s Earth Month! If you’re feeling inspired by the collective environmental action around you right now, consider taking time this month to set ambitious ecological goals for your company.Sustai … read more

Post Consumer vs Post Industrial Recycled Content

Apr 5th 2021

If you’ve spent even a few minutes on our website, you likely know that EcoEnclose is maniacally focused on recycled content. Maximizing recycled content is foundational to our Sustainable Packag … read more

Buy Recycled Across Your Business: Ideas and Resources

Apr 1st 2021

Hopefully you’ve found that EcoEnclose makes it insanely easy to find recycled shipping packaging for your ecommerce business!  But what about other areas of your business? In this blog post … read more

Custom Packaging: Inline Printing Inspiration

Mar 31st 2021

When printing custom packaging, high volume orders allow for more customization at a lower cost per unit. High volume orders utilize inline printing, which gives you the option to use multi-co … read more

Yes, Your Commitment to Recycled Content Is Making a Difference

Mar 30th 2021

For decades, the US built its recycling program in response to and focused solely on the “supply side,” or working to accept the waste that was being recycled.  Reclaimers in China (alon … read more

Choosing Between a Mailer or a Shipping Box

Mar 18th 2021

If you find yourself wondering whether to go with a box or a mailer (either a paper mailer or a poly mailer) for your shipping, read on! Big picture? A mailer wins on almost every operational, co … read more

20 Ways You Can Make Your Life More Sustainable Today

Mar 11th 2021

With Earth Month just around the corner, it is a great time to reflect on your individual habits and identify steps you can take to minimize your personal ecological impact (and even invest in some re … read more

State of the Industry: COVID's Continued Impact

Mar 10th 2021

It has been a year since COVID rocked our worlds. To our amazing community of eco-minded businesses - thank you for your business and partnership throughout these challenges, and for continuing to wor … read more

Earth Month 2021: 21 Tips to Help You Honor the Planet this April

Mar 1st 2021

The theme of Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our Earth,” a fitting and hopeful message to help kick off a decade the United Nations has declared the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.If you’re eager to get i … read more

Earth Month: Nine Ways To Strengthen Your Business's Eco Commitment

Feb 28th 2021

Earth Day 2021 is almost on us. The past year has brought so much disruption, uncertainty and tragedy. For many people and businesses, COVID-19 pulled some attention away from environmental efforts as … read more

Earth Day 2021: Restore Our Planet

Feb 26th 2021

We are one month away from April - Earth Month, a month in which eco conscious individuals, companies and policy advocates double down their efforts to make positive environmental change. Each year, E … read more

The Impact of Switching to Sustainable Packaging

Feb 23rd 2021

In a year in which more holiday shopping took place online than ever before, it’s important that businesses consider the impact their packaging has on the environment. Luckily, by switching to e … read more

Nine Planetary Boundaries

Feb 9th 2021

"The planetary boundaries concept presents a set of nine planetary boundaries within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come."In 2009, the former Director of the Stoc … read more

Don't Replace Fossil Fuels with Corn: Lessons from Ethanol

Feb 8th 2021

Congress passed a law in 2005 requiring oil companies to blend “renewable fuels” – produced by converting biological material (biomass) into ethanol, biodiesel or other liquid fuels – into vehicle fue … read more

Compostable Does Not Mean Naturally Biodegradable

Feb 1st 2021

Much has been written about the confusion between the terms “biodegradable” and “compostable.” Most articles on the subject highlight the issues with the word “BIODEGRADABLE” and how easily it ca … read more

A Hierarchy of Waste Reduction and Diversion

Jan 29th 2021

You're probably already convinced that an important component of sustainable packaging is that it can avoid the landfill. Landfill diversion is important for several reasons: landfills emit noxio … read more

Composters Don't Want Your Packaging, Especially Your Bioplastic

Jan 27th 2021

EcoEnclose operates with a well researched and thought out Sustainable Packaging Framework that has helped us develop a line of ecommerce packaging we are proud of, and hope the companies we s … read more

Why Landfill Diversion Is So Important

Jan 14th 2021

Eco oriented companies (like ours) talk a lot about ensuring their products and packaging does not end up in the landfill. We hate landfills for many reasons. Landfills are major GHG emitter … read more

Carbon Free Shipping With Cloverly

Jan 11th 2021

EcoEnclose is thrilled to announce our new partnership with Cloverly. With this new partnership, you can now choose to get your eco-friendly packaging delivered carbon neutral. You’ll see this op … read more

A Look Back on 2020 Sustainability Trends

Jan 5th 2021

Somewhere in the midst of a harrowing global pandemic, the many tragic events that have led to potentially hopeful tide change in racial and civic justice, seemingly relentless floods and fires, and t … read more

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

Dec 7th 2020

While most of us already know Earth Day, you don’t have to wait until April 22nd to celebrate an eco-friendly holiday. In 1970, senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day to impose environmental re … read more

Turn the Holiday Customer into a Lifelong Fan

Dec 2nd 2020

With online sales skyrocketing, you may be seeing an influx of new customers. And we know it is hard enough right now keeping up with inbound order. But take some time to focus on turning those first … read more