General Information ( 1st presentation )

Who is a Designer?

• A designer is a business professional who develops solutions to commercial needs that require the balancing of technical, commercial, human and aesthetic requirements.

What is Packaging?

• Processes and materials employed to contain, handle, protect, and transport an article.

What does a Package do?

• Convenience
• Advertise
• Protect the product
• Gives information
• Shows identity

What is Sustainable Packaging?

• Development and use of packaging which results in improved sustainability
• Environment impact
• Improve the long term viability and quality of life for humans and ecosystems

What does a Sustainable Package do?

• prevent or reduce product waste and facilitates centralised processing and distribution. Proper packaging assures the availability, of safe, hygienic and undamaged goods. Correct design and use of packaging also helps reduce the environmental impacts of transportation.

Comparison - Packaging vs Sustainable Packaging

• Cost
• High / Low
• Recyclable
• Some / Yes
• Function
• Not much / More
• Environment
• Pollution / Eco Friendly

How should a Designer create a Sustainable Packaging

• be designed holistically with the product in order to optimize overall environmental performance
• made from responsiblyn sourced materials
• effective and safe throughout its life cycle, to protect the product
• meet market criteria for performance and cost
• meet consumer choice and expectations
• be recycled or recovered efficiently after use

World Problems

• Climate change
• Pollution
• Air
• Water
• Soil
• Global warming
• Deforestation
• Animal Extinction

What does the Society Lack?

• Realization
• Health
• Enviromental Isues

• Awareness
• 
  
• Respect

Packaging Production Life Cycle

Sustainable Packaging = Recycle

Recycle

• process to change waste materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to plastic production

Things we Throw Everyday that can be Recycled

• aluminum cans
• steel and tin cans
• plastic bottles
• newspaper
• cardboard
• containers
• paper

Materials Normally Used for Sustainable Packaging

• Glass
• Metal
• Cardboard
• Plastic
• Wood

Examples of Sustainable Packaging