Our sustainable packaging
At DaklaPack, we continuously strive to become more sustainable by making both our products and processes greener.
As a manufacturer of flexible plastic packaging, DaklaPack understands the important role we play in advising and educating our customers on sustainability challenges and choices. We aim to offer a holistic, transparent range of alternative sustainable packaging solutions.
It should be greener
It should be greener
Why are sustainable packaging solutions so important?
For too long, we have relied on packaging that harms the environment. The global impact of these 'finite' packaging solutions is felt daily. At DaklaPack, we feel a strong urgency to shift to packaging that is truly sustainable. Traditional packaging, often made from single-use plastics, is a significant contributor to environmental pollution. Sustainable packaging aims to reduce environmental impacts by using renewable, biodegradable, or recyclable materials. This type of packaging makes more efficient use of resources during the production process, including reduced energy consumption, water usage, and raw material extraction, helping to preserve valuable natural resources. Additionally, sustainable materials often have a lower carbon footprint. By reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with production and waste management, these packaging solutions support global efforts to combat climate change. Fortunately, more consumers today are expressing a preference for sustainable packaging. Growing environmental awareness drives more conscious choices toward sustainable alternatives.
Designed for recycling
Our first Eco-label shows that a product is made in a way that allows the product to be recycled after use. It is important to emphasize that this eco-label does not guarantee that the product will be recycled. The actual recycling of a plastic product depends on a long chain that starts with sustainable product design and ends with effective local recycling infrastructures.
Designed for recycling (paper)
First and foremost, it is important to highlight that this ecolabel does not guarantee that the product will be recycled. The actual recycling of a paper product relies on a long chain of responsible decision making that starts with sustainable product design and ends with effective local recycling infrastructures.
Products with this ecolabel can be recycled in the current paper recycling infrastructures. In the US, paper recyclers distinguish between different paper products and their recyclability. As most of our products are paper bags or corrugated packaging the ecolabels consider the recommendation for those two product groups.
Recycled Content
Products with this ecolabel have been made partially or fully of previously recycled plastic or recycled paper. The percentage of recycled plastic content used in each product with this label is specified in the product’s properties descriptions.
Bio-based
Products with this ecolabel have been made with more than 90% renewable materials. This includes materials like cotton or jute, and bio-based plastic. Paper products are also bio-based but they were excluded from this label as they have their own ecolabel (see ‘Designed for recycling: Paper). Bio-based plastics are made from plants (for example sugarcane or corn) instead of fossil fuels, reducing the need to extract and refine oil and the associated environmental impacts.
Designed for (industrial) composting
Products with this label biodegrade under certain conditions depending on their respective materials: plastic, paper, or jute.
Not recyclable
Not all well designed packaging is recyclable. Some products are designed to meet certain technical capabilities that makes the packaging unrecyclable. We chose to include this ‘Not Recyclable’ among our other eco labels to be completely transparent and to build awareness of the recyclable products that may be suitable alternatives to products with this label. This label applies to both plastic and paper-based products.
Products with the ‘Not recyclable’ label:
Products that cannot be recycled with current recycling infrastructure and are also not compatible with the expected improvements to the recycling infrastructure.
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