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Labeling Compostable Products and Packaging

Compostable products, particularly bioplastics, have advanced tremendously in recent years. These innovations have made it very easy for brands to shift from conventional plastic to compostable packaging without impact to the function or appearance of the packaging. New compostable solutions often mimic non-compostable alternatives so well that they actually look, function, and perform similarly to their [...]

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Is Composting Better Than Landfill?

Landfills are used to collect waste. They are intended to reduce the amount of waste that makes it into the environment and keep it contained. When full, they are covered with a plastic or clay lining and topped with soil, storing trash underground. Composting on the other hand takes organic materials and breaks them down efficiently. [...]

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Compostable Packaging Reduces Plastic Pollution

Overwhelmingly, your customers want sustainable products and packaging. “Consumer awareness to packaging waste in oceans and landfills is driving change” - The drive toward sustainability in packaging, McKinsey & Company  In a 2020 survey by McKinsey, 75% of millennial respondents said that they considered sustainability when making a purchase. You already provide eco-friendly products. By choosing compostable packaging for [...]

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Compostable Packaging Supports Healthy Soil

The impact of your compostable packaging goes so much further than waste reduction alone. Compostable packaging supports composters, soil health, and the environment as a whole. “Caring for the Earth is just as important as caring for our bodies.” -Sage and Cedar Organics via Instagram A sustainable product is not so sustainable if it comes wrapped in layers [...]

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Want to Tell the World?

Are your customers aware of the incredible positive impact of your compostable packaging? Composting Reduces Emissions by diverting organic waste away from landfills.Composting Transforms Organic Waste into a product that enriches the soil.Compost Enriches the Soil allowing it to support flourishing plants, trees, and crops.Composting Reduces Climate Change. Healthy plants and soil sequester more carbon from the atmosphere. We've made some [...]

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Re-Enriching the Soil

Carbon Sequestration Series: Part 1:  What is Carbon Sequestration? Part 2:  Re-Enriching the Soil While we’ve come a long way in developing methods for carbon sequestration, biological carbon sequestration makes the most sense. There’s no need to over-engineer solutions when the solution has been here the whole time. "Although the direct greenhouse gases [carbon dioxide] CO2, [methane] CH4, and [nitrous oxide] N2O [...]

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What is Carbon Sequestration?

Carbon Sequestration Series: Part 1:  What is Carbon Sequestration? Part 2:  Re-Enriching the Soil Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing carbon in order to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere. Trees and plants naturally sequester carbon via photosynthesis. Carbon is the basic building block of all organic matter! Carbon dioxide is a carbon compound [...]

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Telling Your Sustainable Story

Your sustainability sets you apart. Communicating with your customers about yourself, your story, and your eco-friendly practices adds a huge amount of value to your brand.  You're Doing the Work, Now Tell the World  Your community wants to get to know you! Why did you start your business? What is important to you? No matter your audience size, [...]

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Effective Planning Reduces Waste

Inventory planning and waste tracking are essential components for reducing business waste. These tools can also create opportunities for new ideas, new products, and further waste reduction.  Operations and Planning at Elevate Packaging At Elevate, our effective planning ensures that we remain in stock. This rigor has been particularly important in recent years. As multiple industries have [...]

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The Truth About Recyclable Packaging

For over 50 years, the petroleum industry has told consumers that their plastics will be recycled. Recyclable packaging is often touted as the most sustainable option.  The truth is the vast majority of our recycling is not actually recycled. It’s supposed to work like this: We put our recyclables into the bin, they’re hauled away to MRFs (Materials [...]

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