EcoEnclose Blog

15 Things We Learned Through EcoEnclose (And Life) in 2016 Political winds might change; but individuals, small teams and businesses can and will remain climate change leaders. Of course, policy a … read more

Because Political Commentary Doesn’t Affect Climate Change Actions businesses and individuals can take to maintain forward progress on climate change. It was easy to feel disempowered this w … read more

The Trouble With Art | Eco-Friendly Packaging & Shipping for Art Your first stop for trouble shooting common art file issues. Sometimes it seems like graphic artists and the programs they us … read more

The Wonderful World of Polymailers | EcoEnclose Polymailers I’ll be honest, if you told me a few years ago that I would one day become a total polymailers nerd I wouldn’t even have known what you … read more

The EcoSkim November 2016 | Bimonthly Digest for Eco Minded Businesses What is The EcoSkim? A bimonthly digest from EcoEnclose that is chock full of articles, tips and tricks that we found valuabl … read more

Giving Back to Grow Your Business The holiday season is nearly here – a time to be thankful, show love, and give back. With this in mind, it is hard not to notice a wonderful trend among EcoEnclos … read more

Customer Spotlight: HL Threads We at EcoEnclose have the  privilege of working with a lot of creatives (a hugely fitting term that I love!) - designers, photographers, typographe … read more

How We Plan for the Holiday Season Are you already overwhelmed by a barrage of "holiday checklists” coming your way? So were we. But then, we moved from stressed and scared to calm and organized b … read more

Inventory Planning for the Holidays Who’s got a rich uncle?? Not I, and I’m guessing maybe not you… so we can’t bleed cash on overstocking the warehouse. Overstocking can also lead to waste – whic … read more

Make a Great First Impression When Packaging Your Products More and more, we're seeing that EcoEnclose companies are giving back to causes they are passionate about. Many give back a perce … read more

How to Fold a Tab Locking Box: A Step By Step Tutorial Check out our updated resource article here! You’ve ordered your beautiful ecofriendly tab locking boxes that have been cu … read more

EcoEnclose Sponsors Type Hike to Support the National Park Service The  National Park Service (often referred to as “America’s Best Idea”) is turning 100 on August 25th! We at EcoEnclose co … read more

5 Inspiring Upcycling Companies and 5 Takeaways “Upcycling is the process of converting old or discarded materials into something useful and often beautiful.”  Upcycling has to … read more

The Eco Skim: August 2016 | Bimonthly Digest for Eco Minded Businesses The Eco Skim is a new, bimonthly digest for eco minded businesses. If you (like us) try to stay on top of tips and news … read more

Supporting America While Protecting Mother Earth Does anything evoke summertime better than the 4th of July? Backyard barbecues, long weekend getaways, relaxing on the beach (or in our case…the mo … read more

Navigating Green Business Certifications If you’re getting this email, I’m guessing it is because your company believes that businesses can and should operate ethically and sustainably. We are wit … read more

Make a Great First Impression - EcoEnclose The countless clichés and quotes just aren’t wrong – first impressions count for A LOT. Consider this - a survey by Dotcom Distribution found that 52 pe … read more

Recycling EcoEnclose Products | Six Mission-minded Colorado Businesses A profile and celebration of six incredible mission-minded Colorado businesses. Warning: Temptation to&nbs … read more

Earth Week 2016 | Why Do We Need an Earth Day? If you’re like us, you might be thinking – why do we need an Earth Day? What makes April 22nd so special? Eco principles are important to me every da … read more

Conquer Dimensional Weight Update: Be sure to check out our latest post with recent updates to dimensional weight, and a link to a newer dim weight calculator. By now you are probably well awar … read more

Eco-Friendly Shipping 101 | Sustainable Shipping Solutions To all you heroic, mission minded small businesses…building and growing a small business is HARD WORK! Doing it while staying true to what … read more

A Blossoming Business | Soul Flower Eco-Friendly Clothing Company Peggy & Mike started Soul Flower out as a small retail shop in St. Paul, MN waaaaay back in 1999. It was a place for locals, hippi … read more

A Seedy New Love | Planning My Garden It is my absolute favorite time of year...time to start planning my garden!  The harsh winter months leave me yearning not only for warm weather, but for … read more

Our Roots | Earth-friendly Shipping Supplies We pride ourselves on the fact that we pretty much invented our category: Earth-friendly Shipping Supplies. A wee-bit of background: before the birth of … read more

How Garbage Changed My Life Grocery shopping. It's one of my favorite things to do. Although considered a chore to most, I truly enjoy my weekly shopping trips to the store where I restock … read more

What do the sharks know? If you are like me, you auto-record entrepreneurial TV shows like Shark Tank and The Profit. These are the two shows I manage to scrupulously carve out time for in my deman … read more