More and more often I’m reading customer complaints online regarding wasteful packaging practices from eCommerce based companies. It’s clear that we’ve all had enough. And I’m happy to see companies being pulled up on it and held accountable.

A recent post from the Waste-Ed team illustrated this very frustrating topic.

Imagine the impact this would have on your brand. You go through the generally stressful process of perfecting your product, you build a website, you invest countless hours into social media marketing and drop a fair amount of ad spend to drive your perfect customer to your site. They actually stay on your site and everything you’ve hoped for actually happens, they purchase! You gleefully package everything up in unsustainable plastic filled rubbish, that will outlive us all, only for your customer to receive it with utter disappointment.

Ordered a replacement bolt from TREK, this is the amount of packaging it came in…

Luckily we can stop this nightmare scenario from unfolding by collectively committing to doing better, for the sake of our planet. No longer can we put eco-friendly packaging in the too-hard-basket because Dr Nicole, founder of Shy Tiger Natural Animal Health has done the hard work & research for us.

Watch to hear how eco-friendly eCommerce is totally possible.

Dr Nicole, Creative Director & Founder of Shy Tiger Natural Animal Health https://shytiger.com.au

CUSTOM MADE STAMP & PAD

A custom rubber stamp & toxic-free stamp pad can be a great eco-friendly alternate to wasteful stickers.

-Etsy Custom Rubber Stamp

– Etsy Black Ink Pad

RECYCLED PAPER

 Brown 100% recycled paper, perfect for printing, wrapping, notes & cards.

-BuyEcoGreen Brown Recycled Paper

COMPOSTABLE STICKERS

By Black Rainbow Printing. Australian made 100% post consumer recycled paper onto the market. Combining 100% recycled, non-chlorine bleached, alternative fibre papers, organic based non toxic inks and solar power to further reduce environmental impacts.

-Black Rainbow

SHIPPING LABELS

Compost-friendly labels so now the whole package can be compostable! Suitable for printing on a Dymo label writer & Zebra Printer GC420D. Label program compatible with Shopify & WooCommerce.

-Better Packaging Compostable Labels

-Zeebra Printer

WATER ACTIVATED TAPE

-Kraft Water Activated Tape

BROWN WRAPPING PAPER

-Kraft Wrapping Paper

HONEYCOMB CUSHION WRAP

A great alternative to bubble wrap. Perfect for glass or fragile items.

-Ranpak Exbox Mini

Recyclable Mailing Boxes

-Signet Mailing Box

Compostable Mailer/satchels

-Better Packaging Co – comPOST Packs