What Is Renewability In Packaging, and Why Should We Care?

“What Is Renewability In Packaging, and Why Should We Care?” is Tetra Pak’s new white paper, developed with input from the World Wildlife Fund.

The world is growing. Increased travel, greater populations in urban areas, and higher demand for convenience products and packaging are putting an alarming strain on the world’s supply of scarce natural resources. Supplies of clean air and water are under pressure; and oil, natural gas, and minerals are expected to run out by the end of this century.

We are playing a self-destructive game with the limits of our planet, and the time to change, innovate, and lead is now.

Leaders in the environmental community and among the world’s largest corporations are setting their goals high. They are looking at issues of sustainability across supply chains and discovering what advantages might come their way if they follow the principles of a circular economy. To these leaders, the days of just promoting recycling and holding up these efforts as examples of environmental leadership are long gone.

The fact is, recycling, which addresses the back end of packaging life cycle, has gone beyond ‘the accepted’ to ‘the expected’ across the world. Still, the world’s migration to recycling practices is a story of unprecedented partnership and leadership, and Tetra Pak has been proud to be an industry leader in the recycling movement.

But those of us in business fully understand that there are finite physical materials and natural resources available to produce our products. We understand, and are always reliant upon these ecosystems for our business success.

It looks at how manufacturers can use materials that can be regrown or replenished naturally as a solution to the planet’s growing resource scarcity.

The paper and our new campaign, Moving To The Front, encourage adoption of renewable materials and practices.