EcoEnclose Blog

20 Ways You Can Make Your Life More Sustainable Today 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 y … read more

State of the Industry: COVID's Continued Impact It has been a year since COVID rocked our worlds. To our amazing community of eco-minded businesses - thank you for your business and partnersh … read more

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

Earth Month: Nine Ways To Strengthen Your Business's Eco Commitment Earth Day 2021 is almost on us. The past year has brought so much disruption, uncertainty and tragedy. For many people and busin … read more

Earth Day 2021: Restore Our Planet 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 posi … read more

The Impact of Switching to Sustainable Packaging In a year in which more holiday shopping took place online than ever before, it’s important that businesses consider the impact their packaging … read more

Nine Planetary Boundaries "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 … read more

Don't Replace Fossil Fuels with Corn: Lessons from Ethanol Congress passed a law in 2005 requiring oil companies to blend “renewable fuels” – produced by converting biological material (biomass) i … read more

Compostable Does Not Mean Naturally Biodegradable Much has been written about the  confusion between the terms “biodegradable” and “compostable.” Most articles on the subject highlight the … read more

A Hierarchy of Waste Reduction and Diversion You're probably already convinced that an important component of sustainable packaging is that it can avoid the landfill. Landfill diversion is im … read more

Composters Don't Want Your Packaging, Especially Your Bioplastic EcoEnclose operates with a well researched and thought out  Sustainable Packaging Framework that has helped us develop a lin … read more

Why Landfill Diversion Is So Important | Getting Away From Landfills Eco oriented companies (like ours) talk a lot about ensuring their products and packaging does not end up in the landfill.  … read more

Carbon Free Shipping With Cloverly | New Partnership with Cloverly EcoEnclose is thrilled to announce our new partnership with Cloverly. With this new partnership, you can now choose to get y … read more

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, an … read more

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 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. B … read more

Getting Your Business Ready for Shipageddon Around 700 million packages are expected to be delivered this holiday season, 5% more than carriers are currently estimated to be able to handle.  … read more

Black Friday and Holiday Shopping During a Pandemic Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the "biggest shopping day of the year" has been diminishing in its importance for some time. Sales … read more

Environmental Policies and Climate Action To Look For in 2021 Over the past four years, President Trump has made it painfully clear how little he believes in and cares about climate change. He has … read more

When it Sounds Like Greenwashing...Ask Questions We believe almost every person and company who pursues sustainability is trying to do the right thing. We also know that many companies are battlin … read more

Eco-Friendly Tips for this Holiday Season | Go Green This Holiday The holiday season will look different this year. You can already feel it. Usually by this time of year, the airways are brimming … read more

We often hear from manufacturers of new packaging technologies - such as 100% compostable mailers, mushroom-based packaging, corn-based foam providers, and new plastic additives. There are a lot … read more

Shop Your Values This Holiday Season #ShopYourValues In 2020, so many people have stood up and spoke out to demand justice. We are voting for candidates whose policies we believe in, we are … read more

Election Resources for Climate Voters Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020. You already know how important it is to vote! You may already have voted (if so, good for you!). If not, hope … read more

The Zero Waste Shipping Label...Now with High Strength Adhesive EcoEnclose is so proud to announce our newly improved Zero Waste Shipping Labels and Stickers, which feature a 100% recycled and cur … read more

23 Sustainable, Black-owned Businesses to Support Online Black businesses often face barriers in the world of business that many of us never even consider. Without even delving into the generation … read more

Big Oil, Plastic and Packaging There has been a lot of conversation about NPR’s investigative piece last month, How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled. It is an … read more

Why Our Decorative Tissue Paper is 100% Recycled There are a handful of custom-branded or designed tissue paper options on the market. Most of them claim some sustainability traits. Many are made … read more

Custom Packaging: Is it Worth it to Ship in Style? I’m going to get it out of the way right off the bat- yes. Custom packaging definitely can be worth the investment. As with many things in life t … read more

Tissue Paper: To Recycle or Compost? Most tissue paper on the market (including ours) is labeled as recyclable. But, what does this actually mean? Should you be recycling tissue paper? … read more

What is Glassine & What is it Used For? We are thrilled to introduce our latest offering: Glassine Bags for inner or wholesale packaging. A paper-based alternative to the clear poly bag. But... … read more

Plastic Production, Cancer Alley and Environmental Justice There has been so much critical attention given to our world’s plastic problem, yet as is illustrated by a growing body of research on wh … read more