Sustainable Packaging Resource Guide
Curated information and inspiration to jump start your sustainable packaging journey!
At domo domo marketing, we are committed to helping our CPG clients embrace the new circular economy and remove 100% of plastic from packaging by 2030, or sooner. It’s good for business, grows customer loyalty, is great for the environment…and can’t happen fast enough!
Check out domo’s sustainable packaging resource guide – chock full of inspiration and information on compostable, biodegradable, eco-friendly and recyclable packaging – curated by team domo’s packaging design and structure experts – all with the goal of stopping plastic pollution by re-inventing consumer packaging for good.
A Plastic Planet: Sustainable Bloggers
Focused on conventional plastic used in packaging and single-use products, with lots of great information to dramatically reduce the use of indestructible plastic by adopting eco‑friendly packaging.
Alliance to End Plastic: Sustainability Community
Over 80 member companies, project partners, allies and supporters working together to create and scale innovative solutions to remove plastic from the planet.
Bacardi: Biodegradable Spirits Bottle
Over 80 million plastic bottles currently used by Bacardi each year will be replaced with new biodegradable packaging that decomposes within 18 months.
Biodegradable: Pouches
Home compostable packaging made with high barrier paper and/or plant-based recyclable films for pouches and bags. Creates a fully recyclable package that is a food and pet safe alternative to plastic pouches.
Carlsberg: Glue Snap Pack
Eliminate the need for plastic rings with small glue dots that hold 4, 6, or 8 cans together. (Glue dots are compatible with aluminum recycling.)
Cog: Package Structure
Cog drives faster, smarter, more engaging packaging development including package structure design, engineering, prototyping, print production optimization and comps.
Colgate: Recyclable Tube
Colgate is launching what it says is a vegan-certified toothpaste that comes in an “industry-first” recyclable tube package.
Credo: Sustainable DTC Marketplace
With the seismic shift to more DTC commerce, there are emerging marketplaces owning the sustainable space. Take Credo – the largest clean beauty store on the planet.
domo domo: Recyclable Package Design Template
Optimize packaging to educate and empower consumers to do their part: recycle. Reduce confusion by using domo domo’s visual package design template that communicates – at-a-glance – what to do.
Ecovative: Renewable Resources
Ecovative is a biotech company that uses mycelium (mushrooms) to solve plastic pollution. This compostable packaging is made with hemp hurds and mycelium to be thermally insulating and water resistant. Plus, it composts in 45 days.
FutureBox: Sustainable Carton
A luxury carton for premium brands using no tape or magnets. Plus, it folds flat to be a simple recyclable package.
Glossary
Our Sustainable Resource Guide Glossary will strengthen and develop sustainability literacy by providing definitions on pertinent sustainability terms including materials, processes, common language and concepts.
Greenmatters: Sustainable Bloggers
Green Matters shares news and topics across sustainability and innovation for people looking to live more sustainably and fight the climate crisis.
Grove Collaborative: Sustainable home products
A DTC category disruptor, Grove Collaborative crafts and curates branded items making it easy for consumers to get everything they need for a sustainable home in one, easy place.
Heinz: Recyclable Paperboard
Heinz announced the roll out of new recyclable paperboard multipack sleeves – to replace plastic shrink-wrap – as part of their investment in sustainable packaging innovations.
hello Bottle: Renewable Resources
This sustainable packaging is made using 100% post consumer recycled glass. It’s non-toxic and less porous, so it’s impermeable to other environmental factors that can impact product integrity. Consumers love it and know how to recycle it!
How2Recycle
Empowering consumers through smart packaging labels through a standardized labeling system that clearly communicates instructions on disposing of your recyclable packages.
Iggesund: Sustainable Package Board
Incada stock enables a premium look for your sustainable packaging, with a glossy spot black UV varnish and matte aqueous coating for contrast.
Iggesund: Sustainable Paper
The Invercoat family of paper products are suitable for multiple end use applications, allowing you to create a recyclable package while using premium printing techniques.
Inhabitat by Jill Fehrenbacker: Sustainable Bloggers
Founded in 2005, Inhabitat is a long-standing environmentalist blog with an army of loyal followers.
Kurz: Sustainable Decoration and Foils
KURZ transfer coatings are the slimmest eco-friendly foil which can be recycled without additional expense.
Loop: Refillable
A new way to shop without the waste, the Loop platform aims to change the way the world shops with favorite brands in refillable packaging.
Monadnock: Performance Fiber Paper
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified, Monadnock’s Performance Fiber Paper products offer eco-friendly packaging with a carbon neutral manufacturing process that uses 100% renewable Green-e certified wind powered electricity.
MonoSol, LLC: Dissolvable Films
Films that dissolve in water remove the need for sachets, bottles, bags, or protective films for laundry, food, personal care and beyond. Perfect for eco-friendly bath bomb packaging.
Morrama: Sustainable Package Design
Industrial design and product design for companies focused on building more sustainable brands.
Neopac: Sustainable Tubes PICEA
PICEA™ sustainable tube is made from sugarcane and a fully recyclable package.
Nestlé: Eliminating Tear-Offs
Nestlé is adopting eco friendly packaging practices by removing all plastic tear-offs that covered its cap and neck and are printing directly on the bottle instead. (Nearly 240 tons of tear-offs have been eliminated since 2019.)
Nestlé: Refillable Containers
Nestlé plans to implement bulk dispensers where customers refill their reusable containers in dog food and coffee products.
NoviConnect: Sustainable Manufacturing
A secure platform that connects brands, manufacturers and suppliers to develop and bring sustainable products to the market faster.
Oceanium: Sustainable Resources
Currently developing film and package board stock made from sustainably-farmed seaweed. Compostable, nutrient-rich and environmentally safe – a good alternative to non-recyclable flexible material.
Organically Becca by Becca Tetzlaff: Sustainable Bloggers
Curated guide to clean beauty, natural skincare, and overall holistic living. Lists 40+ natural brands with zero waste or sustainable packaging. 110K followers.
Packaging Digest: Sustainability News
Excellent resource for latest news and trends driving eco friendly packaging innovations.
Peel Plastic “Think Green”: Recyclable Pouches
The Peel Plastic Think Green recyclable pouch series includes bio-polyethylene, post-consumer recycled materials and fully recyclable package options.
Plastic Health Coalition
Plastic Health Coalition works together with organizations with specific expertise on research, prevention, and solutions to address the potential negative health effects of plastics.
Plastics Today: Plastics News
Covers developments in bioplastics, recycling, injection molding, extrusion, thermoforming, blow molding, and other forms of plastics processing. Follow them on Twitter for a newsfeed on plastics circularity.
ProAmpac: Recyclable Pouch
This recyclable polyethylene (PE) flat-bottom pouch is suitable for food packaging. It’s made from monomaterial PE that offers a more sustainable packaging option than conventional, non recyclable flexible material.
Pure Shots from YSL (L’Oreal): Refill Inserts
Refillable inserts offer sustainable packaging alternatives for skincare products.The plastic inserts are placed in a high-quality reusable glass container designed to be refilled and reused by the owner.
Ridwell: Membership-Based Service
A membership-driven organization that specializes in the collection and responsible disposal of consumer’s hard-to-recycle products like batteries, light bulbs, and more.
Secret: Sustainable Packaging
Made from sustainable and fully recyclable materials, the package presents a very premium image using vegetable-based inks, cured UV coatings and metal flake-free Kurz foil.
Sunoco: Sustainable Inks
Algae inks and soy ink from soybeans offer an eco-friendly premium packaging alternative to a petroleum-based ink. It’s more environmentally friendly while still providing a wide range of colors and full recyclability.
Sustainable Brands: Eco friendly innovation news
Sustainable Brands is a convenor of brand innovators and trends that inspire brand leaders who see social and environmental challenges as key drivers of brand innovation and value creation.
Sustainable Package Coalition: Sustainability Community
The leading voice on sustainable packaging with a membership that encompasses the entire supply chain for people and the planet.
Sustainable Packaging News: Sustainable Packaging News
Excellent resource that highlights the very latest information on all aspects of sustainable packaging solutions, covering innovations by eco‑friendly packaging companies and brands adopting green alternatives.
Terracycle: Social Enterprise
The global leader in handling hard-to-recycle materials, like ocean plastic, and turning them into new products.
The Consumer Goods Forum: Sustainability Community
Global forum linking CPG retailers and manufacturers to help address key global sustainability challenges including environmental, social, health, food safety and product data accuracy.
The Dieline: Sustainable Packaging Community
Dieline is the world’s most visited packaging design website and is a global community of practitioners focused on advocating for more sustainable packaging solutions through creativity and innovation.
The Ellen Macarthur Foundation: Thought Leader
Develop and promote the idea of a circular economy with global business, academia, policymakers, and institutions to accelerate the transition to a new economic system that’s better for people and the environment.
The Green Hub by Kira Simpson: Sustainable Bloggers
The Green Hub provides inspiration and info on sustainable living, low-waste, plant-based, ethical fashion and nature…all with the aim to combat climate change. 57K followers.
The Pet Food Forum: Sustainable Pet Packaging
Part of Pet Food Industry magazines, the Forum explores advancements in sustainable pet food packaging, including options like recyclable packages and pouches. Extensive database of eco‑friendly packaging suppliers and trends.
The U.S. Plastics Pact: Eco-Friendly Consortium
A solutions-driven consortium to rethink the way we design, use, and reuse plastics led by The Recycling Partnership and WWF, and part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact.
Treehugger by Graham Hill: Sustainable Bloggers
Founded in 2004, Treehugger is the world’s #1 information website about mainstream sustainability and eco‑friendly trends and brands. Over 120 million readers each year.
Unilever: Paper-Based Laundry Bottle
This eco friendly packaging features a proprietary interior coating that repels water, made using sustainably sourced pulp and designed to be recycled in the paper waste stream.
Vericooler: Recyclable Cooler
Replacing the Styrofoam cooler (at long last) is Vericooler – a sustainable way to protect and ship food, wine, specialty pharmaceutical and health care with eco‑friendly packaging practices.
Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson: Sustainable Bloggers
Author of the global best-selling book, Zero Waste Home blog is a curated collection of products, guides, and articles on living sustainably. 700+ followers.