How to Encourage Recycling Through Packaging
Recent survey revealed 90% of people want to recycle packaging they receive, which is great! However, results also highlighted that not everyone felt confident in doing so. Fourteen percent of respondents said that they were not sure if they could recycle packaging because it was not clearly labelled. Recycling at home is not always straight forward. Rules about what you can recycle change, depending on your location. This means that producers and users of packaging need to do all they can to make sure end consumers can easily recycle packaging at home. So how can businesses who use packaging make it easier for end consumers to recycle packaging? If you are a business that uses packaging, here are three things you can do to encourage recycling and make your packaging more sustainable: Choose packaging materials that can be recycled easily: The environmental impact of your packaging needs to be considered from the start. Factoring recycling into your packaging design is critic...