Blog Tagged "Better Business" - Better Packaging Co Blog

Australia Post launches POLLAST!C recycled plastic satchels

Better Packaging Co. is excited to provide Australia Post with a new range of POLLAST!C recycled plastic satchels in Post Offices across the country. The new satchels are made from certified potential* Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP) rescued from coastal communities in Southeast Asia and recycled into fit for purpose mailers for their customers – now available in three sizes on Australia Post’s Online Shop and in Post Offices.

November 18, 2024
3 min read

Greenwashing and Sustainable business practices, what’s the difference?

With sustainable business practices, you won’t need to ‘greenwash’ your messaging. Here’s how to tell the difference between greenwashing and true sustainability.

October 17, 2023
7 min read

We have to stop treating plastic like SH!T!

This huge plastic poop represents the amount of plastic that enters the ocean EVERY 30 SECONDS. Scary huh. Most of it enters via land, and most of that from Asia. Better Packaging Co. installed it on Bondi Beach on World Environment Day 2023 to draw attention to the problem but also to show that solutions do exist. By finding ways to recycle this pollution, we create the incentive for it to be collected and kept out of nature. It's that simple, we have to stop treating plastic like SH!T.

June 05, 2023
2 min read

What is Ocean Bound Plastic?

Let's break down the key criteria that Certified 'Ocean Bound Plastic' must meet and why plastic pollution collected from up to 50km from the coast is considered 'Ocean Bound'. Spoiler alert: Water plays a crucial role in transporting plastic from miles inland to the ocean!

April 25, 2023
2 min read

Why we’re done with 'Sustainability'!

It is no secret that sustainability has become a buzzword. From the fashion industry to the food industry, companies are constantly striving to be more ‘sustainable’. At Better Packaging Co. we’re not ditching ‘sustainability’ because it’s gone mainstream, we’re saying sayonara because it is simply not enough.

February 08, 2023
3 min read

What Do Your Customers Want?

A recent survey of Australian consumers has some fascinating insights into consumers' expectations of business.

July 28, 2022
2 min read

A Better Poly Garment Bag

Better Packaging Co. has found a way to reduce the carbon footprint of our poly garment bags by almost 16%!

April 26, 2022
1 min read

B for BCorp AND Better!

Even though we’d been working on our BCorp application for over two years, we chose possibly the worst time to submit it – Covid lockdown March 2020. Apparently every other company (we may be exaggerating a tad here!) also on the BCorp journey had also decided to use lockdown to finish off their submissions and get them in … And so it was, that 6 months later, we were finally certified and we could not be more chuffed!

January 20, 2021
2 min read

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