Packaging solutions for a sustainable, circular economy

Sealed Air’s protective packaging solutions are designed to improve operational, economic and environmental performance.

We develop innovative systems and packaging products that help companies achieve their sustainability goals and their transition to a circular economy.

How Sealed Air supports packaging sustainability and circularity

Sealed Air helps customers improve packaging sustainability and circularity by focusing on five core areas, which reduce waste, lower environmental impact and optimise operational efficiency.

Maximising product protection to reduce damage and waste. Sealed Air engineers innovative packaging solutions to protect products against shocks, vibrations and abrasions throughout supply chains. Maximising protection can help reduce environmental impact by ensuring products arrive in perfect condition, first time.

Reducing, rightsizing and lightweighting packaging. Sealed Air Innovative systems and materials reduce unnecessary packaging void space and overall material use, while lowering dimensional volumes and weight. More products can be transported per cubic metre of transport space, helping to reduce vehicle use and associated emissions across supply chains.

Man Filling Recycling Bin On Suburban Street

Selecting the right packaging material for the right application. Sealed Air helps companies optimise product protection and make informed packaging material choices by using Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and Sustainability Value Analysis (SVA). These assessments support data driven decisions by evaluating environmental trade offs across different packaging options. Combined with expert diagnostics of end to end packaging requirements and Sealed Air’s broad portfolio of protective solutions, this approach enables the selection of the most appropriate materials for performance and sustainability objectives.

Innovating with recycled content. Across our extensive portfolio, including paper-based packaging, speciality foams, inflatable cushioning, shrink films and cushioned mailers, Sealed Air is advancing the use of recycled content and recyclable materials.

Improving packaging productivity. Sealed Air’s intelligent systems and smart packaging solutions streamline operations by reducing time, energy consumption and material waste. More efficient processes and throughputs help businesses to ship faster, operate more sustainably, and deliver a better customer experience, while lowering costs.

How Sealed Air helps customers set the standard for sustainability

Evolving regulations, along with robust supply chain transparency and accountability are helping the transition to a circular economy. To support customers with this, Sealed Air develops packaging processes, systems and solutions that:

Support regulatory compliance, such as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which is setting new objectives for increasing the use of recycled plastics in packaging, decreasing the use of virgin materials and limiting packaging voids
Have achieved industry-recognised certifications, including:
- European standard EN-15343
- Global, voluntary standard ISCC PLUS
- Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

This approach can help customers to avoid greenwashing and make data-led, reliable claims about packaging sustainability.

Sealed Air solutions that support packaging sustainability

Sealed Air develops a wide range of protective packaging solutions, from paper-based and inflatables to speciality foams, shrink films and cushioned mailers. Below is a quick overview of just a small selection of solutions, which are helping companies across Europe to improve packaging sustainability:

* Degree of recyclability of the final package depends on the specific product configuration or components intended for recycling and the scope and availability of appropriate local recycling facilities.

Contact our experts to find out how we can help you to improve packaging sustainability and circularity.

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Packaging solutions for a sustainable, circular economy

How Sealed Air supports packaging sustainability and circularity

How Sealed Air helps customers set the standard for sustainability

Sealed Air solutions that support packaging sustainability

CRYOVAC® Brand CT-400 Shrink Films

BUBBLE WRAP® Brand Fill-Air®

BUBBLE WRAP® Brand NewAir I.B.®

High-performance Polyethylene Foams

SEALED AIR® Instapak ® Expanding Foams

SEALED AIR® I-Pack Dual

Paper Cushioning Systems

Recycle-ready* Cushioned Mailers

Retention and Suspension Packaging