Moo-ving Forward Towards Eco-friendly Packaging
Pip Lorimer
Carbon Management Plan, Waste assessment & alternative material recommendation
Client: Confidential
The Brief
The purpose of this work was to provide this company with environmentally friendly alternatives to their current packaging and selected products. TCL attended a site visit to this company, collecting items of packaging and products that could be replaced with environmentally friendly alternatives. TCL took the products apart and engaged with suppliers to determine its individual carbon footprint. The recommendations made were supported with comparative costs, carbon emissions and an end of life assessment of the alternative product. This resulted in the company implementing new products and packaging that improved their overall carbon footprint and produced less waste.
Areas
Net Zero Planning
Key Stakeholders
Business Owner
Opportunites
- Assess the viability of ‘eco' alternatives by analysing their carbon emissions, particularly related to manufacturing and end-of-life.
- Reduce overall waste as a company.
- Recommend improved alternative products and packaging methods with supporting information on reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact.
- Plan and introduce re-usable packaging schemes with supporting evidence on the benefits.
Challenges
- Find cost-effective solutions to more eco-friendly products and packaging
- Looking out for greenwashing relating to ‘eco-friendly' packaging and products
- Identifying manufacturing location of alterative products to see if carbon footprint would be significantly increased through distribution
- Finding hygienic, re-usable solutions
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