Reducing avoidable packaging waste through thoughtful label and packaging decisions.
Avoiding waste starts with the specification
Separately stocked undecorated containers and self-adhesive labels can allow product information to be changed without discarding preprinted packaging. This can be particularly valuable when ingredients, regulatory wording or artwork change.
The environmental impact of a label depends on its materials, adhesive, use and disposal route. We avoid sweeping claims that any one construction is automatically sustainable.
Reducing avoidable waste in practice
The most useful environmental improvements can be simple specification decisions, not sweeping claims about materials.
Decouple bottles and printed decoration
An undecorated bottle can support several printed artwork versions without making every artwork change a whole-container disposal problem.
Plan slitting and production efficiently
Suitable parent-web widths, slit formats and run planning can avoid waste. Material/liner disposal and recycling depends on the real local collection route.
Energy use and equipment
Our supplied factory materials include solar-panel footage. Technology upgrades, including UV LED, may help reduce operating energy and heat, but performance claims should be backed by measurements.
Materials and planning affect material use.Packaging redesigns can reduce scrapped preprinted bottles.
Factory solar panels
Actual solar-panel drone footage supplied by Northern Labels. Renewable generation is part of the factory picture, alongside ongoing work on material efficiency and reduced production waste.
Real footage of factory solar panels.
Talk to the people who make your labels.
Tell us what you are labelling, how it will be used, and the quantities you need. We can discuss a practical specification.
