Packaging matters, but developing them from sustainable materials is ever necessary for the current world.
In Part 1, we explored some recommendations you can follow to ensure that your materials (e.g. plastic, paper, carton) meet the sustainable criteria for your packaging designs.
Here’s Part 2 as we look at more materials that are commonly used in most industries today.
Glass
Preferred Finishes:
✔️ Standard colouring in green, brown, white (transparent) or related shades
✔️ Regular three-components packing glass (quartz sand, soda, limestone)
✔️ Engravings and paper labels (wet-strength)
To Avoid:
❌ No packaging glass, such as heat-resistant glass (e.g. boro-silicate glass)
❌ Lead crystal, cryolite glass
❌ Ceramic parts
❌ Full-surface, colour-coated bottles
❌ Full surface sleeves
❌ Permanently adhesive and large-area plastic labels
Take your senses on an adventure with Wanderscent’s identity and packaging.
Tinplate
Preferred Finishes:
✔️ Ferromagnetic metals
✔️ Paint coating
✔️ Closure is also made of ferromagnetic metal
✔️ Decoration by means of embossing or paper banderole
To Avoid:
❌ Aerosol cans with hydrocarbon-based propellants and/or residual contents
❌ Non-compliant colours
See how we produced this personalised make-up mirror for Charles and Keith’s global retail stores.
Aluminium
Preferred Finishes:
✔️ Non-ferrous metal parts
✔️ Direct printing process
✔️ Embossing or direct printing
✔️ Paint coating
✔️ Closures made of aluminium
To Avoid:
❌ Aluminium in material composite
❌ Non-compliant colours
❌ Aerosol cans with hydrocarbon substance-based propellants and/or residual content
In collaboration with Dester, check out what we designed for their global rebrand and new packaging identity.
