Design Guidelines for Sustainable Packaging

The SPC has released a design guidance resource for packaging designers and developers. It provides a framework for sustainable packaging design while outlining various design strategies and reference materials.

The complete 104-page report:

• Provides education on elements of sustainability as they relate to packaging, while helping to bring them into the mainstream of packaging development.
• Designed to be flexible and adaptable to both designers' needs and the standards of a diverse industry.
• Includes issues beyond simple compliance, and illustrates how sustainability and environmental considerations are part of the packaging design process.
• Provides an overview of sustainability and the SPC's Definition of Sustainable Packaging.
• Include various design strategy sections:
  • Design sustainability
  • Design for transport
  • Design for environmental best practices
  • Design for fair labor and trade practices
  • Design for renewable virgin materials
  • Design for reuse
  • Design for recycling
  • Design for composting