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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 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 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 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 Sustainable packaging can no longer be an afterthought. Your customers are actively seeking brands that prioritize eco-friendly packaging. N … read more

What’s the Difference: Recyclable and Compostable Packaging If you’re interested in sustainable packaging and reducing your brand’s environmental impact, you’re likely familiar with two common, ec … read more

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 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 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

Eco Customer Spotlight: TomboyX 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 … read more

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 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 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 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

Six (Last Minute) Earth Day Strategies  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 environmenta … read more

Setting Recycled Content Goals For Your Business 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 … read more

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 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

Your Commitment to Recycled Content Is Making a Difference 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 … read more

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

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 partnership … 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

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 businesses, COVID- … 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 2009, … 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 i … 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 line … 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