Wrapping, packaging are and will always be more “green“, environmentally conscious, eco-friendly. And this is the direction that the industry has chosen to follow in recent years, in order to develop technologies more environmentally friendly, quality and less polluting packaging.

It’s the sustainable packaging the protagonist of the conference, scheduled for Wednesday, November 30 “How to draw the path of sustainable packaging. The role of the industrial distribution sector”, organized by Conai and Ipack-Ima.

The intent behind this event is clear: to analyze critically and technically, thanks to the presence of experts and the presentation of case histories, the scenario of sustainability in Italy and the correct solutions with a view to prevention.

The eco-sustainability of packaging is the only choice, a necessity. The packaging waste represents about 4% of total waste and 23% of municipal waste from separate collection. It’s important to reduce the environmental impact, making the packaging more and more “green”.

Green light for recycling, even the packaging, to give it a second life and help the environment. Packaging & co. can take, once having removed the “regular clothes”, designed, engineered and manufactured by the company, and completed the ordinary function of packaging, other garments and other features.

Recycle and reuse of packaging is becoming a real trend. A lot of craftsmen, artists and designers use recycled materials, often derived from discarded packaging, to create accessories, furnishings, decorative items and even clothes, belts and bags. There are also many websites that give ideas on how to ricycle and give new forms to the packaging as ioricreo.org e webfandom.com.

The endless life. Recycling packaging materials represents an opportunity to reduce energy consumption and to convert wastes into a wealth for economy.

Among packaging material, aluminium is 100% recyclable.  

So cans, tubes, trays, can regenerate to new life, infinitively.  

800 cans become a bicycle; 37 are necessary to produce a coffee machine; one is enough to save such energy to keep a TV-set on for 3 hours.

United States are the world leading recyclers of aluminium, just before Japan and Italy.

Recycling aluminium allows a 95% saving of the energy necessary to produce it from the raw material.

According to a survey  carried out by  DoubleClick Performics, the online consumer considers the environmental sustainability as one of the factors which mainly affects the choice whenever a product is to be purchased 

The survey, carried out on a sampling of 1.087 adults, reveals that the consumer is prepared to spend even 5% extra for an equivalent product when this latter is produced by a company promoting the respect for the environment.