Build Your
Sustainable Packaging
Conversion Plan
Not sure which sustainable packaging strategy makes sense for your product? Tell us about your current package, sustainability goals, performance requirements and commercial needs. Empire EMCO will help identify practical packaging strategies worth evaluating based on your product, performance requirements, sustainability goals and commercial needs.
You don't need to know which resin, material or packaging technology is right for your application. That's what we're here to help determine.
What Is a Sustainable Packaging Conversion Plan?
A sustainable packaging conversion plan identifies what a manufacturer wants to improve about an existing package and evaluates potential changes against product compatibility, performance, cost, availability, sourcing, regulatory requirements and environmental goals. Empire EMCO's Sustainability Simplified™ Packaging Conversion Planner helps organize those requirements before packaging alternatives are reviewed.
Who Should Use This Packaging Conversion Planner?
This planner is designed for manufacturers, fillers, packaging engineers, procurement teams, operations teams, sustainability professionals and product-development teams evaluating changes to rigid packaging.
Tell Us About Your Packaging Project
Complete the questions below so Empire EMCO can better understand your current packaging, sustainability objectives, performance requirements and commercial priorities.
How Does Empire EMCO Evaluate a Sustainable Packaging Conversion?
Empire EMCO reviews the complete packaging system rather than evaluating sustainability in isolation. Your current package, sustainability objectives, product requirements, commercial priorities and sourcing needs help determine which packaging strategies are worth evaluating.
What Should Be Considered When Converting to More Sustainable Packaging?
A successful sustainable packaging conversion should improve environmental performance without overlooking product compatibility, package performance, cost, manufacturability, supply availability or regulatory requirements.
Which Sustainable Packaging Strategies Might Be Evaluated?
Depending on the package and project requirements, sustainable packaging strategies may include increasing post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, improving recyclability, reducing package weight, evaluating mono-material packaging, reducing unnecessary material, considering alternative materials, improving domestic sourcing or evaluating refill and reuse opportunities. The appropriate strategy depends on the product, package performance requirements, supply chain, sustainability objectives and commercial constraints.
Continue Exploring Sustainability Simplified™
Learn more about the sustainability concepts that can influence packaging design, material selection, sourcing and conversion decisions.
What Is Sustainability in Packaging?
Learn how environmental impact, material use, performance, sourcing and end-of-life considerations influence packaging sustainability.
Learn About Packaging Sustainability →Why Does Sustainability Matter in Packaging?
Understand how regulations, customer expectations, corporate goals and material efficiency are affecting packaging decisions.
Explore Why Sustainability Matters →What Is a Life Cycle Assessment for Packaging?
See how packaging impacts can be considered across raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, use and end of life.
Learn About Life Cycle Assessment →Sustainability Simplified™ Knowledge Center
Explore packaging sustainability terminology, recycling concepts, materials, carbon topics and practical decision-making resources.
Explore the Knowledge Center →Still Have a Sustainability Question?
You don't need to have every answer before speaking with Empire EMCO. Our packaging specialists can help you understand the variables that matter, compare practical packaging strategies and determine which sustainability options are worth evaluating for your application.
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