Most packaging changes begin as a complaint, not a specification. Find the one that sounds like yours and follow it into the material that addresses it.
Waste comes out in three ways: use less material, use it more than once, or make what remains easy to recover.
Unit price is one line. Freight on empties, storage, damage, cleaning and handling are usually the larger numbers.
Most stored volume that could be recovered is height you are not using and empties you are storing.
With ingredients, the product-contact layer and the discharge method matter more than the outer container.
Transport packaging rarely touches the product, which is why it is often the easiest place to take out cost and waste.
When something is out of production or nobody stocks it any more, the useful starting point is a photo, an old label or a part number.
Everything on thisFreight improvements usually come from geometry: nesting, collapsing, and using the height and footprint you already pay for.
Reuse is a system question. The container is the easy part; the loop is where it succeeds or fails.
Waste comes out in three ways: use less material, use it more than once, or make what remains easy to recover.
Start with the format itself: what it holds, how it is filled, how it is emptied and what happens to it afterwards.
Start with the format itself: what it holds, how it is filled, how it is emptied and what happens to it afterwards.
Start from the problem rather than the product. What is annoying, expensive or wasteful about the packaging you use today?
Everything on thisCAQUIN sources industrial packaging to specification. Send what you use today, roughly how much, and where it ships — a photo is enough to start.
