Ideas for Sustainable Packaging Box Structure Design

Companies are examining and enhancing packages at an increasing rate as they step up their efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A more ecologically friendly outcome can be obtained by improving or replacing the materials used in the packaging box as well as by changing its structural layout. We shall dissect a few eco-friendly packaging box structure design concepts in this article.

How to Design Your Packaging to Be More Environmentally Friendly

In recent news, company press releases, advertisements, etc., we have often seen instances where the environmental impact is reduced by switching materials, such as switching from plastic packaging to paper = "cardboard" or from the raw materials of packages to recycled raw materials and plant-derived raw materials.

Up till now, XianDa packing has persisted in doing research and development on the "structural design of packaging box," which has a lower impact on the environment, in addition to materials. Thus, using three particular instances, we will present an environmentally friendly packing box structure design this time.

Taking into account the Sustainable Packaging Box Structure

The percentage of packaging boxes that XianDa Packaging sells overall, out of all the packages, is rising annually. We primarily process cardboard and cardboard sheets in packages that need a very precise structural design to appropriately preserve the items within. Because paper and corrugated cardboard are manufactured of circulating resources and have a high recycling rate, they have a lower environmental impact than plastics.

Just because there is less of an impact on the environment does not mean that you may use as much energy as you like when considering the energy needed for transportation and manufacturing processes. It's critical to "eliminate waste" by using only what is required for the application and goal. When designing a package's structure, it's important to make sure that it fulfills its intended purpose while minimizing waste.

Packaging serves a variety of purposes beyond just safeguarding goods. Examples include enhancing the concept and knowledge of the contents through design, motivating customers to buy, and simplifying product shelf display through the use of shapes. Offering a package box with an appropriate structural design by removing elements that aren't needed or adding whole new concepts while meeting the requirements needed to correctly carry out the roles assigned to each package.

Sustainable Packaging Ideas for Box Structure Designs

Here are three particular instances of green packaging structural design:

1. Add boxes to products to make them stand out and cut down on paper usage.

Features: It is possible to use less paper and the body box is shallower than usual.

The product is visible in many places; it appears stunning and presents well in pictures.

Simple to remove the contents

Products that must appear beautiful and products listed in catalogs and websites are appropriate to include (gift wrapping for tea, cosmetics, and perfume). We'd like to start by introducing the "Insert box." A stopper box is, as its name implies, a package with an "insert" within the lid. The peculiarity is that the body box is significantly shallower than the depth of the lid, in contrast to standard lid/body separate type boxes. Normally, the "insert" inside the lid prevents the lid from falling too much and the body box from getting inside if the body box is shallow and the lid is deep.

It can be considered an "environmentally friendly package structure design" because the body box is shallower than usual, which reduces the amount of paper needed. Furthermore, insert boxes offer advantages beyond their environmental friendliness. The product appears more beautiful and you can create a sense of volume when you place it inside the body box because it can be seen in a larger area. The ease of product retrieval is another benefit to consumers. It is a format that is frequently used for using Japanese tea and tea cans as gifts. When a product is photographed, the contents appear bright, making it perfect as a package for products listed in catalogs and websites.

2. Lean Cross Pack: Extremely adaptable

Features: Adaptable and versatile, requiring fewer kinds of preparation work for packaging materials

Adaptable and versatile, lowering the variety of packing materials that need to be prepared

Paper can be removed without creating waste, and during manufacturing, not many parts need to be thrown away.

Can be produced at a cheap cost

Items with a specific shape but varying sizes depending on the product (CDs, books, etc.) are appropriate for placing inside. We will now present Cross Pack. A cross pack is, as its name suggests, a package put together by crossing. This is the product's condition before wrapping. Upon initial inspection, it appears to be a single sheet. Lifting the sheet's notch and crossing the product's portion with the ruled lines will wrap it. Its feature is that it can be used to wrap a variety of products by folding them to fit the product's height.

Cross packs are typically made of relatively sturdy materials like cardboard and one-stage (cardboard with only one side naruded) sheets because they don't form as boxes on their own. It is feasible to use less packaging material because it is very adaptable and can be used to package a variety of products. This is because each product inside the package does not need to have its size customized for the package. Furthermore, efficient and lean paper removal is possible because the state = expansion diagram before wrapping the product becomes rectangular. This lowers the cost per package as well as the quantity of paper you discard.

Cross-pack features work best when wrapping items whose sizes vary slightly depending on the product, but whose shapes are somewhat predetermined. It is therefore advised to use it for applications like books and CDs.

3. This thin but strong FS cake box uses design to reinforce the material.

Its features include the inclusion of reinforcing ribs in the back, which allows for the addition of strength even in the case of thin paper.

Appropriate for filling: Cake, dessert, and additional food items (Especially when you want to use as few resources as possible or when you want the paper used to be as thin as possible in thickness.) Finally, let us present the "FS Cake Box." In the past, two distinct instances have minimized the quantity of paper utilized by designing the package's "shape," but fs cake boxes are distinguished by minimizing the thickness of the paper that is used.

Generally, the application and weight of the product to be placed determine the proper paper thickness. However, even if the paper is thinner than the required thickness, the strength can still be made up for by carefully planning the design.

Fs cake boxes are one illustration. Because the paper only overlaps where it is glued, the back of this package is the weakest. Consequently, the strength can be increased by adding reinforcing ribs—irregularities shaped like ribs—to this back area.

It's crucial to use paper that is the right thickness to protect the goods inside, but "I want to reduce the resources used as much as possible to reduce the environmental load." When you want to make the package as thin as possible, "Paper used to reduce inventory space" is a good choice.

Appropriate Structure Architecture for Sustainable Packaging Boxes

Three distinct instances of ecologically friendly package structure design have been presented thus far. Not only are there many variations in the structural design, but there are also many variations in the material based on the product to be used, the purpose of use, and the emphasis.

Many employees at XianDa Packaging are experts in the structural design of packaging boxes, and we constantly come up with creative solutions to meet the demands of our clients while handling packages daily.