The environmental impact of packaging is a well-known problem that demands urgent measures and new ways of designing, producing, and consuming. According to the European Environment Agency, the volume of packaging waste in EU Member States increased by 15% between 2013 and 2020, reaching nearly 80 million tonnes. Currently, it is estimated that around 64% of this waste is recycled, according to official data, although recycling rates vary significantly by material type.
Read MoreWe have been interviewed in Newspackaging, a really complete and interesting magazine about the packaging sector. We talk about circular economy, trends and of course design. Have a look at it in page 74 and let us know what you think!
Read MoreWhat can design do to solve the problem we presented in our previous post? A lot. Like we always say, design alone can just take small steps, we need companies (our clients) scientists and engineers (our colleagues) and specially consumers to make a real impactful change. Nevertheless, design has a strategic role which can show the way to the other actors in the scene.
Read MoreWe are not the first to say that in a global reality where there are increasingly more competitors, the image of a company is a key factor that must be controlled to send the right message in the intended tone. Consumers want to be identified with the brands they buy, so companies better care about how they present their products.
But packaging is not only a question of image, it is what protects what you want to sell, what the consumer sees in the store, what helps you to use the product in the right way and which completes its -generally short- life cycle by being recycled in the best of cases, or what ends up in a landfill or the sea being eaten by a fish or creating islands of waste in the worst of them.
Read MoreLast week we had an interview about sustainable packaging for BeOK, a program in la Ser, one of the most important radio stations in Spain. In it Àlex Jiménez talks about how design can improve the environmental impact of packaging, materials, the process to design a more sustainable packaging, consumer behaviour, etc. In this link you can listen to it, do it and tell us what you think!
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