When we talk about market trends, if you are an entrepreneur, the more you know, the better. After all, being on top of changes in consumer behavior can be essential to guide your brand on a successful path. Therefore, today we will talk a little more about trends that we should see strengthening in the next decade when it comes to packaging and cardboard boxes.
We have already publieshed a text around here with this theme, and today we will talk about some more trends. As we always point out here, online commerce is on the rise and we shouldn’t see a slowdown in the coming years. That is, if your company sells products over the internet (or would like to sell), keep reading to better understand what’s coming.
More About Packaging Trends
Before getting to the point, it is worth remembering that we are talking here about trends specifically aimed at the food and beverage segment. And if you want to better understand what consumers expect from the packages they receive when they make an online purchase, here you can find interesting data.
The Future of the Cardboard Boxes
Now, thinking about more innovations that are emerging and that will gain space over the next decade, we can highlight items such as:
- Dissolvable Packaging
There are a number of new solutions emerging specifically in the food and beverage industry – such as using biodegradable materials and natural paint. When we talk about boxes themselves (commonly used in ready-to-eat delivery), those made from cornstarch have been gaining space. The same goes for boxes made specifically for water – as a way to replace the plastic in bottles – or drinks in ‘paper’ bottles (Carlsberg presented at the beginning of the year a bottle 100% made of wood fibers).
- Boxes in All Sizes
Increasingly, we will see packaging more adjusted to the product. This is not just an issue related to the packaging itself, but the entire chair involved in delivering an online purchase to a customer’s home. The less space your boxes take up, the more boxes you will be able to transport in the same truck, container or another – with fuel price increases worldwide, this will continue to be a relevant issue. In addition, consumers tend not to like to receive their products in boxes that are too big (because there is usually a waste of material, both in the box itself and in protective materials).
- Nanotechnology
Boxes with nanotechnology coatings will become increasingly common. This applies both to the food segment, since this barrier helps to preserve food for longer, and to other general segments as wall. This is because it is possible to associate this type of coating with a smart device that will be able to provide information such as tracking and protection against theft.
- Smart Warehousing
With the increase in online shopping, competition increases. With increasing competition, companies are racing to please the consumer – and fast delivery makes more and more difference to win the preference of customers. Therefore, smart warehousing will be increasingly common.
That is, we will see large inventories operated and organized by humans and robots. This ensures more agility in internal processes and speed in the delivery – important for customers – and also more data and automation of operations, which is important for the entrepreneur.
Cardboard Boxes in Vancouver
As we mentioned, the solutions above will become more popular over the next few years. For now, if you are in need of cardboard boxes for your business, please contact us. We work with a range of customizable options and for a range of different products – from food to electronics. To contact us and request a free quote, click here.
We are well aware that one of the main challenges facing entrepreneurs today, especially small business owners, is to stand out from the crowd. Today’s consumers have a lot of choices available to them – and they are impacted by product information and advertising all the time. How, in this scenario, to establish itself as a trusted brand?
At the end of the day, all this leads us to the elaboration of the brand persona. This is a marketing technique that attributes human characteristics to your brand. As if it was really a person. This is a great way to guide everything in a company – from communication to packaging where products will be shipped to their new owners.
That’s exactly what we’re going to talk about today – with a focus, of course, on packaging. Keep reading to understand better.
What Is a Brand Persona?
As mentioned above, brand persona is a marketing exercise that consists of designing human characteristics for your brand. This is important because it can help you position yourself in the market and also better communicate with your customers. In general, people tend to trust brands whose personality is similar to their own.
To get to your brand personality, you can use a number of attributes – but in general, there are five broad groups that are used a lot in this exercise. They are: exciting, sincere, rugged, competent and sophisticated. You can start by choosing one of these – and from there, choose other more specific adjectives.
Let’s take a practical example. We could fit the Tim Hortons brand into the exciting category. And within this classification, we fit other adjectives: young, with no time to waste, likes to eat out, urban, loves social networks, etc.
Why Is It Important?
With these characteristics in mind, we can already imagine a standard client that has these characteristics, right? And why is this important? The topics below can help you answer this question.
- Communication: with this personality in mind, you will be able to plan how to communicate with your customers. This goes through texts, images, colors and so on.
- Differentiation: Having a well-defined brand persona helps you to be confident enough to stand out from your competitors.
- Values and message: it is also easier to define the values and messages that your brand wants to convey.
Personality Packaging
And, finally, we come to the main objective of this post: to emphasize the importance of packaging that has to do with your brand personality in this whole process. To do this, we also have some tips. Check out below.
- Language
Let’s say you have an online store and, in the process of defining the persona, you assign it the characteristics trendy, casual and young, for example. When thinking about the packaging – and what goes on it – you can use slang, jokes or humorous comments. This applies both to the product’s inner packaging and to the outer cardboard box, which can have a custom print.
- Colors
Yes, colors also communicate a lot and send messages! If your brand is described as classic and sober, for example, you will probably have a more neutral color palette, with black, white, gray, for example. For more delicate and youthful brands, you could use softer tones. For trendy brands, more vibrant shades and so on.
- Fonts
They work exactly like the colors – the chosen font, whether for the personalized cardboard boxes, or for any letter you happen to send along with the packages, communicates something. Classic and more serious fonts like Times New Roman communicate just that – a brand that’s geared towards the classic, towards the serious.
- Type of Material
Yes, even choosing the ideal cardboard box for shipping your product can send a message. Discreet boxes can be connected to values such as seriousness and reliability (and many consumers like that, especially when it comes to high-value purchases – a discreet and minimalist box attracts less attention on the way to the final destination, for example). Boxes with more festive printing, in various colors, convey an air of relaxation and even youth.
Cardboard Boxes in Vancouver
To summarize, it is important to define your company’s personality because this can guide a series of other decisions that will be made later. If you are going through this process and would like cardboard boxes that fit your brand, please contact us at Racer Boxes. We work with a number of formats, sizes and types of printing and we can help you with your demands.
We are well aware that the cardboard boxes segment is currently experiencing supply problems. This is a segment that has been greatly affected by the pandemic (which greatly boosted online shopping) and the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has affected the supply chain as a whole.
And with the arrival of the second semester, many companies begin to plan their end-of-year events – such as black friday and Christmas, which tend to heat up the commerce. And according to supply analysts, the supply of packaging should remain tight until the end of this next holiday season.
How, then, to prepare? How to plan an increase in sales without fear of running out of packaging to ship products? In this article, we will give you some tips that can help.
Shortage of Cardboard Boxes: Is It for All Types?
Before moving on to practical tips, it is interesting to look at the different paper packaging. According to supply analysts, there are different scenarios happening at the same time – it all depends on the type of box in question.
Let’s start with traditional corrugated cardboard boxes, widely used to send products by mail, for example. Although they are also included in the context of scarcity, they can still be obtained relatively easily. Other types of boxes, such as non-corrugated (usually used as packaging that wraps a product directly) can be more difficult to find/buy. If you use both types, check with your local supplier for the scenario for each type of box.
How Not to Run Out of Cardboard Boxes?
In the current moment, to avoid having to stop sales due to lack of packaging, planning is even more crucial. Check out some tips below that can help.
- Anticipate
If you tend to plan your box orders weeks in advance, you may need to review this template. That is, it is necessary to think even further ahead, months in advance. And that, as we know, can affect a company’s financial planning. Which brings us to item number 2.
- Narrow your relationship
If you already have a local packaging supplier, now is the time to strengthen your relationship with them. Ask for help with this planning task and negotiate special conditions for larger orders. Another good tip is to ask the supplier directly what he is currently producing, to try to fit your order instead of making a very personalized demand.
Of course, your supplier will go out of their way to help you in whatever way they can – but you may need to meet them halfway.
- Understand Who Your Supplier Is
This tip is closely connected with the previous one. In addition to strengthening your relationship with the supplier, it is interesting that you understand how the market works. Is your supplier local? Does it receive the raw material used in the boxes and other packaging from other local suppliers? Or does it depend on material imported from other countries?
In the second case, this supplier is likely to be more susceptible to changes in the global scenario, which can directly affect the supply of boxes to your business (and their price as well). On the other hand, local suppliers are usually able to deflect a little more from problems like this – in addition, prices are also usually lower, since there are less expenses with logistics and transport of materials.
Cardboard Boxes in Vancouver
If you are in Vancouver and are looking for a cardboard box supplier for your business, please contact us. We work with local suppliers and have good product delivery times. If you want to negotiate your boxes for the next few months, click here and we can help you with your demands.
We always emphasize here how much the pandemic ended up strengthening e-commerce – and how this habit of buying online is here to stay among consumers. And what happens is that even with this rise, some sectors benefited more than others. When we talk about cardboard boxes for food, groceries and beverages, we are talking about the second case – yes, this was one of the segments that grew the most in this period.
And the trend should continue. According to data released by Statista (a German company specializing in market and consumer data) at the beginning of the year, online grocery sales in 2022 will account for 11.1% of total food and beverage sales in the US. The number is three times higher than the percentage recorded in 2019, even before the pandemic. By 2026, the expectation is that one in five grocery sales will be made online.
Packaging Trends for Food and Beverage
And when we talk about increasing sales to the final consumer, it is clear that this implies an increase in sales of cardboard packaging boxes for this segment. That’s exactly what we’re going to talk about in today’s post. If you have a company in this segment, stay tuned for trends – if you still don’t sell online, maybe it’s time to think about it. Check it out below.
- Sustainable Packaging
Yes, the issue of sustainability is frequently mentioned here at Racer Boxes’ blog and for good reason – it is in great demand from modern consumers. In this case, the cardboard boxes are in a good place, as they are easily recyclable. In addition, subscription services for meals, groceries or drinks tend to strengthen, thus increasing the demand for boxes.
- Interactive Packaging
QR Codes, NFC Chips, links to social networks and any other way of interacting with your customer are easy and practical ways to tell your brand’s story and strengthen your company’s image with the consumer. In other words, choose personalized packaging and communicate with your audience – this is a simple strategy that puts your brand ahead of those who don’t care about it.
- Packaging Can Collect Feedback
This trend is 100% connected with the topic above. After all, if you are going to include a QR code that takes your customer to a landing page that tells the story of the brand, for example, you can also use this interaction to ask for feedback. Include a form or even a few simple questions for consumers to answer. This data will be valuable and can guide your next business and marketing strategies.
Cardboard Boxes for Food and Drinks in Canada
If you have read this text and you are convinced that you need a more assertive strategy regarding food or beverage packaging, please contact us. Racer Boxes works with a series of customizable packaging and can help you find the best options for your business. Click here to request a free quote.
The cardboard boxes industry is expected to grow about 3.8% per year in the period that goes from 2020 to 2025. This indicates that the market is expected to reach a value of US$ 205.7 billion worldwide in this period. In addition, up to 193.2 million tons of corrugated cardboard should be consumed by then. That’s what a survey by Smithers, a multinational company specializing in testing, consulting, information and compliance services, recently released.
Another factor analyzed in the research was the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on this segment. According to the report, the pandemic will indeed have a marked impact on the corrugated cardboard industry, especially in the regions most affected by the virus. On the other hand, less affected countries are expected to reach record numbers in online purchases, especially for electronics.
The Future of Corrugated Cardboard Boxes
In addition, the research still identifies some trends that should accentuate in the next two and a half years, check below.
- Recycling and sustainability continue to be a growing concern among consumers, which should pressure the industry to increasingly use cardboard over plastic. Many large companies in the segment are even investing heavily in the use of recycled fiber to manufacture cardboard boxes.
- Demand for finer flute grades is expected to increase – this type of packaging will gain more market share, often replacing folding cartons. The increase in consumption of this type of packaging – which is widely used in the beauty, cosmetics, jewelry segments – is directly connected with the demand for quality digital prints, the next trend to be addressed in this blog post.
- Demand for high-quality digital printing on packaging, especially in white cardboard, will increase. This is closely linked with the increase in online shopping, and so is the demand for unboxing experiences. We talked a little bit about this here.
- Even if COVID-19 lockdowns are in the past, e-commerce will continue to grow. So much that there’s room to develop other corrugated cardboard formats for e-commerce, combining convenience and extra protection. There are companies that now have dedicated design teams to provide premium solutions for online businesses.
- New coating technologies, including bio-based polymer solutions, will help improve the recyclability of coated corrugated cardboard boxes types. Many R&D sectors of large manufacturers are focused on the development of 100% recyclable and/or biodegradable packaging.
Cardboard Boxes in Canada
As the data and trends presented indicate, both the cardboard box segment and online commerce must continue to reinvent and strengthen themselves. After all, the consumer will not abandon the habit of buying online that has been acquired in recent years.
If you are a company that works with online commerce and you are looking for a supplier of quality cardboard boxes, please contact us. We can help you with the best options for your case. In addition, we also work with custom printing and competitive delivery times. To contact us, click here.
The war between Russia and Ukraine is now a global concern. With the sanctions imposed on Russia, due to the military attacks on the neighboring country, the economy of the nation presided over by Putin suffers from restrictions from around the world. In a globalized world, the consequences of the strangulation of the Russian economy affect several markets.
And this also applies to the pulp and paper market. After all, petroleum derivatives (whose prices have soared) generate chemical products and some of these are used in this industrial process. We also have the fuel used to transport wood, raw material and final product. And there is the use of fuel in the burning of the industrial process. So we can say that, yes, conflicts also affect the paper industry.
Another factor that impacts this scenario are the Ukrainian and Russian companies themselves, which have been facing problems to maintain their operation. Since the end of February, paper manufacturers in both countries have had their production interrupted. In addition, sales and deliveries of chemical products used in this industry were suspended. As Russia’s biggest export partner in this segment is China, it is very likely that they will need to import from other countries to be able to maintain consumption figures.
Will the Packaging Market Continue to Grow?
According to an estimate prepared and released by Adobe Projects, 2022 should be the first year in which online commerce will move US$ 1 trillion. And most of these purchases must be made through a smartphone. That is, even with an uncertain global scenario both because of the pandemic and because of the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, consumers will continue to buy online.
And the pulp and paper industry, which has faced high prices recently due to the scarcity of raw materials, will continue to grow. In the first two months of this year alone, consumers spent around US$ 121 billion, 34% more than in the same period last year.
Is it Possible to Dodge Higher Cardboard Prices?
If you have a business that relies on cardboard boxes to function – like an online store, for example – you’re probably wondering if you’ll have to pay more for packaging. As we have seen, in a globalized world it seems almost impossible to go through situations like these unscathed. After all, price hikes work as a kind of domino effect and impact the entire production chain. But it is possible to try to minimize these effects. Some tips on how to do this:
- Prioritize a long-term relationship with your packaging supplier. After all, with longer contracts, you can negotiate better and often get better prices than if you were jumping from supplier to supplier in search of the best prices at that moment.
- Buy from local suppliers! After all, if you buy from outside suppliers, they will spend more fuel to deliver your order to you than a local company would. This price will be included in the final price.
- Use data to your advantage. By analyzing your company’s sales and seasonality, you probably already have a sales estimate for the next few months, right? So, if possible, advance your order of boxes and keep a good stock for the foreseeable future. Especially if you get a good price for the largest quantity from your supplier.
Cardboard Boxes in Vancouver
If you are in the Vancouver area and are looking for a cardboard box supplier, please contact us. As our suppliers are local, we were not as impacted by the global price hike on packaging. We work with all types of boxes, from customized boxes to produce markets, and we can help you with your demands in this regard. Please request a free quote by clicking here.
Over the last month, we’ve talked about the fact that for online shoppers, cardboard boxes have replaced the traditional shopping experience. After all, this is the first impression of a product’s brand when it arrives at the consumer’s door. And it is worth mentioning that this does not only happen with products purchased in online stores – it also applies to fresh food and even delivery.
Data show that 49% of online shoppers aged between 18 and 29 in the United States stated that they are more excited to receive their purchases in packaging that contains the brand’s identity. In other words, the time has come to face your company’s personalized cardboard boxes as an investment in advertising and not just as an expense on packaging.
Cardboard Boxes as a Marketing Tool
In recent years, the process of producing and printing custom boxes has developed a lot. And we will continue to see innovations in this regard in the near future. After all, online shopping is here to stay – this trend was already strengthening even before the pandemic, which gave an extra push and consolidated e-commerce once and for all.
Today, in addition to flexographic printing, widely used to customize cardboard boxes, we also have digital printing. Nowadays, it is possible to have boxes (especially the internal ones, made of more flexible paper than cardboard) with colorful prints, high quality graphics and even different cuts from the traditional box that come to mind when we think of packaging.
As we have seen, in the e-commerce journey, cardboard packaging provides great opportunities for differentiation for brand communication. See below for an example of how to do this.
How Can I Use Packaging To My Advantage?
It doesn’t matter what kind of product you sell – it could be that you have an online store, or sell fresh produce directly to supermarkets (or sell your produce directly at farmers markets), for example. In all segments it is possible to find a way to strengthen the value of your brand through packaging.
Let’s say you sell grapes already packaged in 500g packets to local supermarkets. What type of packaging do you think would attract the most attention: a small transparent plastic bag or a cardboard box with color printing that contains pleasant images, the company logo, some information about the production of the product (what is the plantation like? What kind of grape variety is this?)?
If you answered the second one, you are correct. That way, you make yourself more present in the consumer’s mind – and this can convert into sales in the short, medium and long term. After all, not all consumers who see your boxes of grapes at the supermarket will buy them.
We have the portion of consumers who will look and notice the boxes but won’t buy right away (maybe next week?). We also have the portion of consumers who will actually buy – who will like your product and want to buy again. As your packaging stands out from the rest, it is easy for this consumer to identify it and re-purchase.
In addition, we also have the fact that today’s consumers are more aware of the origins of the product they are consuming and the excess use of plastic. Again, custom cardboard packaging comes out ahead.
So use your packaging to communicate with your consumers – the grapes example can be adapted to your segment. If you sell books, you can send them in boxes with literary tips or curiosities. If you sell home appliances, you can choose recipes and so on. All this without forgetting, of course, that you can also include QR codes and inform the addresses of your social networks – thus also strengthening your digital strategy.
Cardboard Boxes in Vancouver
Now that you know the importance of using your cardboard boxes as an advertising and marketing tool, don’t miss this opportunity. We at Racer Boxes are specialized in numerous types of cardboard boxes and can help you find the best option for your brand. To speak with us, please click here.
A study developed by a packaging manufacturer in the United States revealed interesting data to consider about packaging used in online commerce. Appropriately sized packaging for the product, reduction of excess material, safety, identification and communication with the brand were the highlights raised by the public that makes purchases directly in the channels of the manufacturer brands (D2C system, direct to consumer).
What Packaging Do Consumers Want?
Consumers believe that 75% to 90% of the packaging space should be filled with the ordered product. That is, companies that choose packaging adjusted to the product they sell come out ahead. When material, whether plastic or paper, is not optimized (to fill the box and prevent the product from getting loose in a box that is too big), consumers feel uncomfortable, as they have to dispose of all the material. And this causes frustration as part of the customer experience, especially when they shop online frequently.
In addition, when the product purchased is not fragile, 80% of consumers said they were happy to receive orders in flexible packaging, such as protective envelopes. This, in general, can lower shipping costs and reduce the excessive use of packaging. In other words, the study indicates that what consumers want is for the company to worry about conditioning the products it sells in packaging that is adequate enough to guarantee the safety of the items without generating unnecessary waste.
What About the Packaging Design?
The study also brought data that reinforced the importance of the appearance of the packaging and its positive influence on the relationship between brands and their consumers. Protective cardboard boxes have replaced the traditional shopping experience and are the first impression of a product’s brand when they arrive at the consumer’s door. This is a point that stands out among the young audience.
Data show that 49% of online shoppers aged between 18 and 29 in the United States said they are more excited to receive their purchases in packages that contain the product’s brand identity or packages that resemble a gift. On the other hand, among the public between 30 and 44 years old, this index drops to 37%; followed by 29% for buyers aged 30 to 44; 29% in the case of the public between 45 and 60 years old and 15% among buyers over 60 years old.
This indicates that custom packaging helps build brand awareness and create a positive unboxing experience for the consumer. At the same time, consumers expressed concern about the theft of goods. In the case of premium products, with higher values, the preference is for simplified cardboard boxes on the outside and more elaborate packaging on the inside.
This is a point of attention for brands, which need to develop a good protection plan, combining brand communication and security. An example of this would be the customization of the interior of cardboard boxes. Finally, the survey also pointed out that 20% of consumers are willing to pay more for personalized packaging to be sent as a gift.
Importance of Packaging
In the e-commerce journey, cardboard packaging provides great opportunities for differentiation for brand communication, such as the use of connectivity technologies. Many brands use QR codes as a way to provide information and coupons to consumers. The study found that two-thirds of e-commerce shoppers access QR codes for special offers and coupons, and of those who use the technology, 70% use them at least once a month.
Cardboard Boxes in Vancouver
If you are looking for a cardboard box supplier for your business and want to adapt your packaging to your products to offer a more pleasant shopping experience to your consumer, please contact us. We manufacture a number of varieties and sizes of cardboard boxes and can help you with your needs – in addition to personalized printing.
The logistics part of an e-commerce, that is, the process that goes from the moment a purchase is made to its delivery to the customer’s home, is one of the biggest wildcards of the online stores. On the one hand, efficient deliveries, at affordable rates, on time and in perfect conditions are a strong competitive factor, guaranteeing the attraction of the public and customer satisfaction. However, failures in this department can have the opposite effect and cause a higher rate of cart abandonment or even complaints and negative reviews about the company.
In summary, it is not for nothing that this process is considered one of the great challenges of e-commerces, since it can work as a hero or villain of an online store. The role that the delivery of purchases over the Internet will assume depends on mistakes and successes of logistics management. Therefore, especially in this period of high online shopping – a trend that should continue and strengthen for the next few years – it is interesting to read the list below to see exactly what not to do in your company. Check out.
Cardboard boxes unsuitable for the product
Regarding the internal processes of shipping for e-commerce, we have the correct choice of packaging for each product, which must always be considered. Firstly, because the shipping fee calculation is directly linked to the weight and dimensions of the package. Therefore, packaging larger than necessary can result in extra costs.
In addition, the preparation of the packaging must also consider the safety of the product, to ensure that the items will arrive to the customer in perfect condition. These packages often represent the first physical contact between brand and customer. Differentiated packaging, whether for a care with the look or even a thank you note sent to the consumer, can guarantee important extra points in the perception of your brand.
Therefore, it is interesting to have a reliable supplier to count on for safe and adequate packaging. If you’re in the Vancouver area, we at Racer Boxes can help.
Forget about reverse logistics
Different reasons can lead to exchange or return requests, requiring the product to return from the recipient to the e-commerce stock. Therefore, it is important to be prepared for these situations – after all, this whole exchange process also impacts customers’ perception of your company. Make this process as clear, simple and agile as possible.
An interesting suggestion is to already include the necessary information for the customer to make the exchange or return on the packaging – it can be through a pamphlet or even printing done directly on the cardboard box. Also, encourage customers to reuse the same packaging they received the products in to return them. In addition to being much more practical, it shows the company’s concern with sustainability in its processes.
Not offering shipping options
Let’s say that the carrier you usually work with goes through a situation such as employee or transport mode (such as road or air) stoppage. Do you know what you should do to not interrupt product shipments to customers?
If you answered “yes”, you probably already have more than one carrier among the services you use, which is great news! In addition to the lower possibility of risks, having access to the services of different parcel transport companies also helps the shopkeeper to find the best shipping conditions, ensuring greater competitiveness in the market.
An online store must ensure that its customers can choose the most convenient delivery method for each purchase. For example, those who want to spend less should find the option of economic shipping. Those who prefer to receive the product in less time, need to see express delivery available. In other words, these two alternatives — economic or express delivery — are the minimum necessary in any e-commerce. But the more options, the better!
Not calculating deadlines correctly
When we talk about shipping, we immediately think of trucks full of goods or the delivery man ringing the bell. But the truth is that shipping for e-commerce involves many other factors.
Many of them even depend only on internal processes of your virtual store. Take a look at some of the steps involved in delivering the products:
* Payment confirmation;
* Separation of the item in stock;
* Preparation of packaging for shipping;
* Post on carrier.
There are four internal steps of e-commerce, right? But, for the customer, the period for carrying out these steps already counts as waiting time for delivery. Therefore, the shipping period must also consider this interval between the completion of the order and the postage, in addition to the transport period informed by the chosen company. That way you avoid customer frustration with an order that took longer than expected on the website when the purchase was made.
Not tracking the delivery process
For consumers, the delivery time of the virtual purchase starts counting as soon as they complete the order. A good way to improve the customer experience in your online store is to share the order tracking code, provided by the carriers at the time of posting.
In addition to reducing consumer anxiety, shipping parcel tracking for e-commerce also allows the merchant to be aware of shipment movements. In this way, when identifying an unusual situation, the seller can anticipate and contact the carrier to solve any possible problem, either to avoid delays in delivery or to keep the consumer informed.
Cardboard Boxes in Vancouver
If you are aware of these issues mentioned above, you are already ahead of many other companies that still do not give due importance to the online purchase process. And if you need quality cardboard boxes to better accommodate your products on the way to the buyers’ homes, please contact us at Racer Boxes. We work with quality products, which can be customized, and good delivery time.
Have you ever stopped to notice the amount of single-use plastic packaging left over after any type of delivery? It is as valid for food delivery as for any product purchased online – a plastic bag, if not disposed of correctly, can take over 100 years to decompose. And as we always reinforce around here, more and more consumers are looking for more sustainable alternatives.
Therefore, the challenge for any company that sells its products online has increasingly been to reduce the damage caused by plastic consumption and reduce its impact on the environment. For this, replacing single-use plastic packaging with paper and cardboard options is a good start for your business. See how below!
Why to Replace Plastic?
Currently, Canada generates three million tons of plastic waste a year. And only 9% of that is recycled. The number is high and the search for alternatives to the use of this material is urgent. According to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, the government’s plan is to eliminate plastic waste in the country by 2030 – and items such as plastic bags, straws, toothpicks, plastic packaging closures, cutlery and non-recyclable food utensils should be banned.
For brands that are concerned with building a sustainable future, the question has been about how to contribute to reducing these impacts on nature. For starters, an interesting solution is to invest in sustainable alternatives to the use of plastic. That is, options that respect and preserve ecosystems during their useful life and also after disposal. Protection of natural resources must be one of the immediate priorities.
How to Replace It?
You may be asking yourself now: “so, what materials can replace plastic?”. Depending on the purpose of the product, there are several alternatives available on the market. For inner packaging, that is, those that directly involve your product, you can choose paper, cardboard, glass, natural fabrics and even metal. In the case of the last three, it is interesting to think of packaging that can be reused, that is, a metal can that serves to store small objects, for example.
The Benefits of Cardboard Boxes
As for external packaging, that is, those that will be used to send your product to the buyer, the best alternative always ends up being cardboard – which is normally already widely used for this purpose. Check out some of the most important benefits of using corrugated cardboard to replace conventional plastic in packaging for the most diverse products.
- Biodegradable
Made with renewable raw material, cardboard boxes are biodegradable. Which means that when discarded, they decompose naturally in the environment. In addition, unlike plastic, this process does not take a century to happen. That is why they are more sustainable options, since they do not spend several years in nature polluting ecosystems.
- Recyclable
Cardboard boxes are made to be used, repaired, reused, remanufactured and recycled. The circular economy allows the extension of the shelf life of packaging. When there are no more conditions for use, disposal gives way to recycling.
- Resistance
Contrary to what one might imagine, it is possible to have sustainability and resistance in the same product. That’s why corrugated cardboard packaging is reinforced to offer strength, stability, insulation and protection to the transported products.
- Versatile
Sustainability and versatility are not incompatible characteristics, it is entirely possible to have both in the same item. Therefore, cardboard packaging accepts high quality printing and can be developed in different formats and sizes.
In addition to all the benefits already mentioned, it is possible to add value to the brand by printing ads, visual identity and product information on the outside of the packaging.
Cardboard Boxes in Vancouver
Finally, one last tip: have a professional and reliable supplier of corrugated cardboard boxes. Because no one is better to help you define the best formats to use to protect your product. Any questions, contact our technical team and we can help you in this mission. We are at your disposal.