Some businesses sell services, others sell products. Mass-producing products requires mass-amounts of shipping. Shipping requires packaging. Packaging requires creative design. Creative design means less efficient use of materials. Less efficient use of materials means tearing our environment apart and leaving the scraps to fill a gaping wound in Mother Earth.
A standard shipping box is generally rectangular. It comes in set sizes that range from They bend and fold to open space for your items, or they can be broken down when they’re empty for storage purposes.
You can order them in bulk and you’ll often get a discounted price for them. Sellers purport their sturdy nature in their advertisers. It’s not longer, can we make a standard sized box for you, it’s how strong will it be? You may have your own opinions on which company make the best ones. It is an important consideration when making a decision on where to buy your materials from. This age has brought better quality items that last forever.
In terms of whether or not your package will hold together throughout the shipping is no longer an issue. That problem is solved. It brings to light another question though. Is it economical, and is it ecological? They say that a lot of the price of the final product comes from the packaging. Judging by the size and make-up used for some of the products out there, it’s not hard to believe that to be the case. They are often too large. One size does not fit all when it comes to packaging certain things. For whatever space is left over, packing peanuts or bubble wrap are thrown in there to fill the extra space for air.
A smaller box, fit to the dimensions of the product would be more efficient. Unfortunately, getting something like that seems pretty difficult. Most packaging services will offer you set box sizes that are non-adjustable. Due to the way their processes work, packaging services generally have to stick to certain sizes in order to maintain a certain price structure.
If you need other sizes, most can either special order for a hiked up price or direct you elsewhere. Since their prices are usually cheaper, businesses are usually willing to compromise by purchasing a standard-sized box and filling it with fluff material to take up the extra space. This means that a lot of extra material is being processed, used and thrown away. On a large production scale, hundreds of tons of wasted materials are thrown away every year, simply because the boxes were too large. Large amounts of harmful chemicals are also released into the air. Luckily, things are improving quickly in the packaging world.
Machines exist now that will allow you to create custom packaging for whatever product you’re trying to get around the country. Snuggly fit boxes will better protect your products and help save the internet.
The price isn’t that bad at all either. The technology allows shipping services to make custom sized boxes for cheap. Not only are you saving the world excessive waste, but you’re also getting a good price for the packaging you need. Keep an eye out for these services as they can improve your packaging processes.
