Brand-owners, retailers, packaging manufacturers and producers & importers of packaged goods can all use this model for improving the sustainability of their packaging portfolio. Follow the step-by-step approach, seeking for external help (from your supplier, from packaging designers, sustainability experts, etc) when necessary. Besides this tool for achieving a better environmental impact, Mypack also offers a number of solutions for doing so.
Mypack Approaches
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Improve packaging intrinsic environmental impact
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Reduce packaging material
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Improve the recyclability
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Improve efficiency regarding volume/air/transport
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Increase the recycled content
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Increase the use of renewable materials
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Increase the use of biodegradable materials
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Switch to sustainably managed sources
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Switch from single-use to reusable packaging
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Take care of communicating vessels
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Rethink packaging-product configuration
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Check, adjust, improve packaging functionnality
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Adapt or improve gas permeation properties and light barrier
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Adapt or improve the closing system, the sealability, prevent leak defaults
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Adapt or improve the thermal resistance
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Adapt or improve the mechanical properties
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Biodegradable and compostable
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Active and smart functionalities
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Reusable
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Adaptation of the packaging to the conditioning step
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Adaptation of the packaging to the retailing step
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Take care of communicating vessels
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Rethink the market target
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Check recommendations, normalization, regulation requirements
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Food safety requirements
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Biodegradability
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Reuse and recycling
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Ecodesign
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Packaging hygiene (packaging providers)
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Requirements for global hazard management (food industries)
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Information on packaging
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Take care of communicating vessels
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Rethink the market target
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Adjust the good balance between packaging efficiency and food waste minimisation
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Evaluate the balance between packaging intrinsic environmental impacts and food waste
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Improve packaging efficiency
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Reduce packaging intrinsic impacts
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Take care of communicating vessels
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Rethink the target market
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Improve packaging processability
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Check if the specifications for material pretreatment are well defined
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Adapt the material to the transformation process
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Check if the feasibility of secondary operations has been tested
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Check if the feasibility of printing and labelling has been tested
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Take care of communicating vessels
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Rethink the market target
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