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Bookmark or Share- Sustainable packaging is good for profits as well as the planetAlthough sustainability is increasingly a priority for consumers when making purchasing decisions, with packaging often central to a product’s visual appeal for purchasers - many businesses are yet to sufficiently prioritize sustainability and circularity when considering design, use and disposal of packaging, with the majority of packaging still single-use and non-recyclable.
- How Gen Z’s sustainability concerns are influencing others | World ...Saying no to single-use plastics is the most common sustainable lifestyle change among UK consumers, a 2021 survey by Deloitte shows. More than 60% have reduced their use of throwaway plastics. Almost two-fifths of those surveyed have reduced the number of flights they take, and the same proportion said they are buying fewer new goods.
- How mushrooms, microorganisms could transform food packagingWith two-thirds (67%) of consumers considering it important that the products they buy are in recyclable packaging, and the same percentage consider themselves environmentally aware, the global sustainable packaging market is projected to reach $470 billion by 2027, up from an estimated $305 billion in 2020.
- How sustainable packaging can reduce plastic waste | World Economic ForumThe simplest way to prevent packaging waste is to consider whether the packaging is needed at all. Supermarkets like Tesco and ASDA in the UK, have been phasing out the use of unnecessary plastic films for products such as multi-buy tins, yoghurt pots, greeting cards and bed linen.
- How better food packaging can help restore the planetFood packaging can adopt many approaches to a more sustainable supply chain. The United Nations’ latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report represents a code red for our global food systems.
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