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With the growing awareness and concerns of plastic pollution and the effects it has on our environment, more and more people are looking to alternative materials. One popular alternative for businesses is bioplastics, or compostable plastics. Compostable plastics can be used to replace single-use plastics for things like cutlery, plastic bags and even product packaging.

With more and more consumers ordering products online and increasing competition from other brands, many companies are looking for ways to speed up their delivery times and save costs on packaging to reduce their costs to consumers. When this is done successfully, it results in a great experience for both consumer and company. However it is very easy to cut corners, particularly with packaging...

For many businesses, particularly eCommerce sites, packaging and shipping your products is a daily task. While having the ability for your customers to shop online is incredibly convenient and cost effective for both you and them, the cost of packing and shipping these products can add up quickly.

Ensuring you are working in a safe environment benefits everyone - people feel comfortable being at work, tasks flow smoothly, and people can focus on their work without the risk of injury. While employees are obligated to take care in their working environment to reduce health and safety risks, supervisors are responsible for ensuring the appropriate safety measures and training are in place...

Pallet wrap, which is also called stretch wrap, stretch film and less commonly as shrink wrap, is used to protect palletised items being transported and stored. Millions of miles of pallet wrap is used every year across the globe, but what is it and why is it so important?

Hands are a very important part of many jobs we perform everyday - either at work or home. While their usefulness is well known, their adequate protection can sometimes be overlooked. According to the ACC, workplace injuries to hands in 2017 has increased from those occurring in 2012 (these numbers exclude strain and repetitive motion injuries). 

With more and more consumers and shops looking to use less plastic materials, they are also looking into alternative packaging methods. One supermarket in Amsterdam has even launched an entirely plastic free aisle. But while plastic free alternatives for food have their place, so too does plastic packaging itself. And it's important to consider how it can be used in your business.

Plastic is a very cost effective packaging material for any business, and it's various forms are widely used across the globe. However some questions can be raised about the types of plastics that are commonly used for packaging; like their composition, usefulness and (all importantly) how they can be recycled.

Do you know how much wrap you can get out of each roll? Ensuring you have efficient supplies and processes in place can save you thousands of dollars each year.

Pallet wrap provides strength, protection and security for shipped goods. This perception is key when you begin to assess how it is used. After all, you'd think that using more pallet wrap on each shipment would mean more strength, more protection and more security. So it might surprise you that many businesses are actually wasting tens of thousands of dollars a year in waste from...