Choose these materials

• FSC cardboard: sleeves, gift boxes and carrier bags.
• Recycled paper: filling material and interleaves.
• Compostable film (PLA): only where industrial composting is in place.
• Water-based inks: on cardboard and paper.
• Cardboard filling: honeycomb cardboard or paper shreds instead of plastic bubble wrap.
• Kraft string: instead of plastic straps.

Avoid

• PVC blisters and shrink wrap.
• Plastic bags and bubble wrap.
• Solvent inks on film.
• Laminated paper (not recyclable).
• Polystyrene filling.

Personalising without environmental impact

• Blind embossing (embossing or debossing) without ink.
• Water-based screen printing on cardboard.
• Digital printing for small runs.
• A handwritten card on FSC paper.

Circularity

Choose packaging that the recipient can reuse as a storage box or gift packaging after opening. For trade fairs, choose a single material (mono-material) so recycling is easy.

More on our sustainable corporate gifts page.