If you were a consumer electronics industry boss, paper vs plastic packaging, which would you choose? I believe that most people will choose paper packaging;
What if you are a food business owner? Is the answer still in paper packaging? I don’t think so, why?
Paper VS Plastic
First of all, let me introduce the advantages and disadvantages of these two materials that play an important role in the packaging industry.
Advantages of paper:
1. Environmentally friendly, sustainable and reusable
2. Easy to print, suitable for marketing and design
Shortcoming of paper:
1. the waterproofness is not good, easy to get wet
2. heavy weight, high transportation cost
Advantages of plastic:
1. Light weight and low cost
2. waterproof and moisture-proof, durable
Shortcoming of paper:
1. Not environmentally friendly
2. Pollute the environment
Seeing this, you will probably understand that different industries have different attitudes towards paper bags and plastic bags. Like the consumer electronics industry, the first consideration is sustainability, and its unique marketing value requires higher design. It is a very wise choice to choose paper packaging, but for the food industry, lower cost and waterproof and moisture-proof plastic packaging is more suitable.
We need to remember how we use these products is the most important, not just the packaging itself, choose the appropriate packaging for different products, and use them flexibly. Like the consumer electronics industry, the outer box is basically a paper package, but the inner container is generally plastic, because for small products, plastic packaging is more suitable. In the food industry, the most common pizza box, the outer box is also made of paper, but because of its heat dissipation characteristics, it will release water vapor, so a layer of plastic film will be coated on the inside and outside of the paper package to prolong the use time of the box .
However, with the strengthening of people’s awareness of environmental protection and the release of environmental protection regulations, major companies are looking for new ways.
I believe that in the near future, more and more new packaging materials will appear to meet everyone’s needs.
