Green Packaging Trends: Back to Basics

Green packaging materials from Salazar packaging

The Chicago Pack Expo show, displays 2,000 of the industry’s finest and largest packaging materials.  Dennis Salazar, President & Co-founder of the green packaging firm, Salazar Packaging, remarked that there was not much in the way of new green innovation, but that sustainability was addressed in other forms.

What I find most encouraging is the change of attitude that is more back to basics; packaging design that is green by default...It will be successful because it is based in economics, not guilt and because in most cases the savings they produce are immediate with minimal upfront investment.

The new focus is on thinner, stronger materials able to do the same job with less material and products that require reuse as well as those made from recycled materials. Other trends Salazar is seeing in the market are products with reuse value and an increase in recyclable materials 

Can being economically conscious of our choices lead to Sustainability? 

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