How to reduce your carbon footprint with eco-friendly packaging
Taking steps to change your current packaging materials is an easy way to dramatically reduce your effect on the environment. Not only this, you may also save on shipping costs.
As E-commerce continues to soar in popularity and the demand for same-day shipping increases, courier services have had to resort to environmentally damaging practices in order to support the sudden influx of parcels. However, recent developments in the industry, as well as a growing global consensus surrounding the importance of environmentally friendly living suggest that companies who do not take steps to offset their carbon emissions may lose customers and face increasing costs.
No matter the size of your company, there are steps you can take to reduce your carbon emission, these can include:
- Carbon offsetting projects
- Encouraging customers to be aware of their own carbon footprint
- Use recyclable packaging
- Offer collection from pick-up points or collections in store
- Using environmentally conscious courier services
Carbon offsetting projects
A carbon offsetting campaign is useful if you have a business that is difficult to transform into a more environmentally friendly entity. Carbon offsetting involves doing something good for the environment to counter your negative company activity. For example, a common method is to plant trees with excess profits or for every product produced.
Encouraging customers to be aware of their own carbon footprint
Something that you may have not considered is running a campaign to make your customers aware of their own carbon footprint. If customers are aware of their own impact, they may choose instead to come into your store to collect. Not only this, you may attract more customers as demographics concerned with climate impact may be drawn to your company through the campaign.
Use recyclable packaging
Switching to recyclable packaging is the simple way to immediately reduce your carbon footprint. For example, switching to biodegradable packaging such as bioplastics, including PLA, PBS and PHBV, cardboard, paper or bamboo will go a long way in reducing your impact on the world.
Offer collection from pick-up points or collection in store
Offering collection from pick up points allows delivery drivers to make less trips, burning less fuel and cutting down on C02 emissions. Alternatively, having customers come into a store to pick up their parcels is a great way to skip out on delivery altogether. Having customers come into the store also increases sales passively as they are more likely to buy something they may not have previously considered.
Use environmentally friendly courier service
LBC Logistics has been providing green, same day courier services in Milton Keynes for nearly 20 years. Environmentally friendly courier services will ensure that the logistics behind your environmentally friendly packaging don’t ruin the hard work you have put into your company to turn it into an environmentally friendly business.
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