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Eco-Friendly Protective Packaging Options

Oct 27th 2021

Eco-Friendly Protective Packaging Options After you’ve put care into every aspect of your product, you’ll want to ensure your packages arrive safely, and with a great unboxing experience. Thankfull … read more

GreenWrap Dispensers: Refillable versus Disposable

Oct 25th 2021

GreenWrap is one of our favorite protective packaging solutions. It features a honeycomb die cut paper that expands with tension (applied by a unique dispenser). Once expanded, the honeycomb can be mo … read more

The Impact of Pigments, Adhesives and Release Liners

Oct 21st 2021

EcoEnclose is on a mission to achieve true packaging circularity, in which packaging is recycled back into itself countless times, the need for virgin inputs is minimized, and any virgin inputs t … read more

Minimize Shipping Damage in Your Ecommerce Deliveries

Oct 18th 2021

Depending on the source you find, it seems that anywhere from 2% to 11% of small carrier shipments arrive with some level of damage. Over the past eighteen months, damage rates have certainly skyrocke … read more

Right-Size Your Sustainable Packaging

Oct 5th 2021

Right-Size Your Sustainable Packaging Once you’ve figured out what kind of sustainable packaging you’ll be using to ship your goods, the next question is: what size(s) do I need? Why does … read more

Packaging Life Cycle Analysis: What it Tells Us, What It Doesn’t

Oct 1st 2021

Packaging Life Cycle Analysis: What it Tells Us, What It Doesn’t. What is a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)? As we all know too well, comparing the environmental implications of different choices is … read more

Custom Shipping Boxes: Should You Go With Kraft or White Boxes?

Sep 30th 2021

Custom Shipping Boxes: Kraft or White Boxes? Considering a full-print box for your ecommerce shipments? We hear from many customers and entrepreneurs about their interest in boxes that are colorful, … read more

Ten Lessons From the Sustainability Goals of Leading Brands

Sep 1st 2021

Ten Lessons From the Sustainability Goals of Leading Brands I love learning what different businesses of all sizes are up to when it comes to sustainability. In fact, my favorite part of runnin … read more

Beyond the Box: Best Eco-Friendly Shipping & Packaging Accessories

Aug 18th 2021

Best Eco-Friendly Shipping & Packaging Accessories Do you ship your products in corrugated shipping boxes? If so, you likely already realize that your shipping box is just the beginning! B … read more

Plastic Free Is Just the Beginning, Seek Out Sustainable Natural Fibers

Aug 18th 2021

Plastic Free Is Just the Beginning Over the past year, we've been excited to see so many brands of all sizes adopt ambitious sustainable packaging goals. As more and more companies dec … read more

Aluminum versus Glass versus Plastic: What Single Use Packaging Option is Best

Jul 29th 2021

Aluminum versus Glass versus Plastic While EcoEnclose focuses on sustainable packaging for ecommerce, we often get questions about primary product packaging. Specifically, we are asked question … read more

Nine Recycling Myths Busted

Jul 21st 2021

Nine Recycling Myths Busted The starting point of any sustainable ecommerce packaging strategy is to ensure packaging is recyclable. In the last three years, a handful of articles have cast doubts … read more

What to Look for in Eco-Friendly Packaging & Supplies

Jul 16th 2021

What to Look for in Eco-Friendly Packaging & Supplies Sustainable packaging can no longer be an afterthought. Your customers are actively seeking brands that prioritize eco-friendly packaging. N … read more

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

Jun 12th 2021

Paper vs. Plastic: Which Should I Use for My Packaging? One of the most common sustainable packaging questions we get: Should I go with paper mailers or poly mailers? When you're finding your packag … read more

Custom Notecards Can Tell Your Packaging Story

Jun 2nd 2021

Custom Notecards Can Tell Your Packaging Story Sustainable packaging is not just good for the planet, it is good business. 73% of consumers are more likely to buy a product packaged sustainab … read more

Using QR Codes to Tell Your Sustainable Packaging Story

May 25th 2021

Using QR Codes to Tell Your Sustainable Packaging Story You’ve made the investment in sustainable packaging. Now it’s time to tell the world (or at least your customers). 73% of consumers ar … read more

Takeaways from SPC Impact 2021 and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition

May 10th 2021

Takeaways from SPC Impact 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 … read more

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

May 7th 2021

Minimum Order Quantities: What They Are and Why We Have Them Post production printing has low minimum order quantities (usually starting around 500 units) but requires more limited print capabilitie … read more

The Most Important Question to Ask when Seeking Sustainable Packaging

Apr 20th 2021

The Most Important Question When Seeking Sustainable Packaging How Much Post Consumer Waste Does It Have? To us, the number one question to help you evaluate a packaging option should be aro … read more

Restore Our Planet: Yes, It Is Possible

Apr 20th 2021

Restore Our Planet: Yes, It Is Possible The theme of Earth Day 2021 - Restore Our Planet - may seem farfetched, especially if you’ve binge watched too many doomsday documentaries about the p … read more

Post Consumer vs Post Industrial Recycled Content

Apr 5th 2021

Post Consumer vs Post Industrial Recycled Content If you’ve spent even a few minutes on our website, you likely know that EcoEnclose is maniacally focused on recycled content. Maximizing recycl … read more

Custom Packaging: Inline Printing Inspiration

Mar 31st 2021

Custom Packaging: Inline Printing Inspiration When printing custom packaging, high-volume orders allow for more customization at a lower cost per unit. These orders utilize inline printing, whi … read more

Choosing Between a Mailer or a Shipping Box

Mar 18th 2021

Choosing Between a Mailer or a Shipping Box Mailers: Often referred to as a shipping envelope or flat mailer, these shipping solutions are preconstructed envelopes that typically conta … read more

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

Mar 2nd 2021

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 Day 2021: Restore Our Planet

Feb 27th 2021

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

Nine Planetary Boundaries

Feb 9th 2021

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 2009, … read more

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

Feb 9th 2021

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

Feb 2nd 2021

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 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, an … read more

Turn the Holiday Customer into a Lifelong Fan

Dec 3rd 2020

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

When it Sounds Like Greenwashing...Ask Questions

Nov 12th 2020

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

Nov 11th 2020

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