Print Innovation Asia Issue 11 2021
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Paper Is an Effective – and C Packing Solution During the pandemic, use of e-commerce spiked, including online purchasing of food products that require thermal protection during the shipping process. In most cases, products are delivered within 24 hours, and traditionally, many of these products have been shipped using expanded polystyrene (EPS) boxes and other non-sustainable traditional cold chain solutions. While these boxes are lightweight and provide good thermal protection, they do have disadvantages. While EPS boxes and other plasticbased thermal protection solutions, or even wool- or cotton-based solutions or denim liners, are certainly an effective thermal protection approach, they also take up a great deal of space, both in the warehouse and in the product shipping process. Plus, their end-of-life disposal comes with many sustainability issues.
Is There a Viable Alternative to Plastic-Based Cold Chain Packaging Solutions? The answer is simple: Yes, especially for products that require thermal protection for 24 hours or even up to 48 hours. Ranpak has developed a unique eco-friendly solution paperbased for cold chain packaging: WrapPak® Protector. Using thermal liners from 100% paper instead of petroleum-based products has many environmental benefits:
certified materials sourced from sustainably managed forests and with a chain of custody certification.
- 100% paper. Our WrapPak protective liner is 100% paper – no plastics are used. - 100% renewable. We use FSC®
WrapPak Protector also offers significant logistics benefits. These include: - Substantially reduced requirements for storing of packing materials. One
- 100% recyclable. There are no barriers to its entry into the recycling stream. - 100% biodegradable. Since WrapPak contains no plastics or other petroleum-based additives, it is 100% biodegradable if it does end up in the landfill.
Switching from plastic (EPS boxes) to paper (Ranpak WrapPak Protector) delivers significant benefits – environmentally, econ recyclable and biodegradable, fitting the demand for more circularity in product packaging and providing a clear alternative to
