In conjunction with the rollout of our new packaging material, Fox Fresh VertiMesh, we sat down with Keith Fox, President of Fox Packaging, for a quick Q & A about this new automated packing solution.
This week, we sat down with Craig Fox, Executive Vice President of Fox Packaging, for a quick Q & A about packaging trends amidst COVID-19.
A rigorous life-cycle analysis (LCA) is the packaging industry's key tool for examining the environmental impact of our products. The objective of an LCA is to weigh the trade-off of improvements in one area of the life-cycle against the impact it has in another with the aim of improving overall sustainability.
The advantages of flexible packaging with regards to design and material includes easy storage features, supports extended shelf-life, more convenient to open and carry, highly practical resealability, utilizes less material, improves cost economics, less overall weight, improved shipping characteristics, and overall better suited for e-commerce.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation says that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans, and that is without the possibility of giants like China and India increasing their plastic usage. Even plastic which claims to be biodegradable can take years to decompose – yet today’s modern households are widely dependent on plastic.
