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

Posted by Saloni Doshi on Aug 17th 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 decide to … 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 20th 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 1st 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 24th 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 are more … 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

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

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 around po … 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

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

Mar 1st 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 26th 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 positi … 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

Compostable Does Not Mean Naturally Biodegradable

Feb 1st 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 at 2020: Sustainability Trends

Posted by Saloni Doshi on 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 2nd 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 11th 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 10th 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

The Disappearing Myth

Nov 10th 2020

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

23 Sustainable, Black-owned Businesses to Support Online

Oct 9th 2020

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 generations … read more

Big Oil, Plastic and Packaging

Oct 6th 2020

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

Sep 28th 2020

Why Our Decorative Tissue Paper is 100% Recycled There is a handful of custom-branded or designed tissue paper options on the market. Most claim sustainability traits such as being made with FS … read more

Plastic Production, Cancer Alley and Environmental Justice

Sep 9th 2020

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 what … read more

10 of the Best Environmental Justice and Sustainability Books

Aug 24th 2020

10 of the Best Environmental Justice and Sustainability Books Looking for sustainability books? With most of us spending lots more time at home in recent months, there is no better time to do some i … read more

The Psychology of Custom Packaging (and How to Utilize it)

Aug 11th 2020

The Psychology of Custom Packaging (and How to Utilize it)Does Custom Packaging Really Matter? If employed the right way, custom packaging can make a big difference for businesses of all sizes. What … read more

Plastic Rain and How To Reduce Microplastics

Jul 21st 2020

Plastic Rain and How To Reduce Microplastics Hint: To reduce plastic rain and microplastics in the environment we need to reduce, then reduce some more, reuse, and recycle (correctly and responsib … read more

Environmental Justice and the Sustainability Movement

Jun 23rd 2020

Environmental Justice and the Sustainability Movement With the current groundswell of the Black Lives Matter movement in the aftermath of the tragic murder of George Floyd, I - like many - found mys … read more

A leap forward in sustainability: EcoEnclose & Living Ink announce strategic partnership

Jun 16th 2020

EcoEnclose & Living Ink Announcement Louisville, CO, June 16, 2020 -- EcoEnclose and Living Ink have officially partnered to offer Algae Ink™ to any company looking to print with black ink o … read more

How Eco-Businesses Can Support Black Lives Matter

Jun 12th 2020

How Eco Businesses Can Support Black Lives Matter We, like so many, are in an era of reflecting, reckoning, and understanding how our efforts can help change the state of policing in this country an … read more