Packaging

What is Packaging ?

Packaging is a function fulfiller that is added to a product with the aim of allowing this product to bridge time and distance at the desired cost and environmental impact, whereby the packaging ensures that the end user can ultimately use the product in acceptable quality. (Source: Ten Klooster, 2008) Packaging fulfills the following functions for the packaged product:

• Packaging makes it possible to use the packaged product
• The packaging protects (preserves) the packaged product
• The packaging makes it possible to transport the product
• The packaging informs about the packed product.

What are the environmental impacts of packaging?

Packaging is directly responsible for a broad range of environmental issues, including overcrowded landfills, greenhouse gas emissions, and litter-pollution (both on land and in the ocean)

Packaging materials base

• Plant based
• Polymers and plastics
• Animal based
• Mining
• Sediment
• Minerals and stones
• Multiple