With the world “going green”, everybody is trying to find a way in which they can contribute to the global campaign of vape manufacturer sustainability. The popular phrase “reduce, reuse, and recycle” seems to be etching its way into industries worldwide. As the protection of earth’s natural resources becomes more and more important, we are seeing a variety industries that one would think might struggle with sustainability begin to up the ante in our “greening” world.
One such industry, and focus today, is the food disposable vape manufacturer service industry. Providing affordable disposable goods, from napkins to take out boxes, is a challenge in any restaurant or catering environment. As a top food service disposables manufacturer, Genpak, based in Glens Falls, NY is increasing the importance of sustainability with source reduction manufacturing. Source reduction is simply using less resources to make the same, if not more product. This is especially difficult in the disposables industry.
Among all the research and development for improving sustainability industry-wide, Genpak has made significant source reduction improvements in two ways. With new polypropylene manufacturing, new products that work just as well, if not better than old products, are being produced using significantly less material. Manufacturing of polypropylene in this way yields a product that is on average, 24% lighter and has reduced the use of polypropylene by 1.3 million pounds and counting.
While improvements of products is a continuous process, Genpak also views source reduction from the packaging and shipping side of the fence. In processing, products are being designed to decrease sheet size and usage, minimizing waste. In packaging, designing products to fit into a smaller box minimizes cardboard use, and even more importantly shipping space and weight. In fact, the design of two popular items has reduced overall cube size by .6 compared to competitors. This difference in shipping size can provide up to 500 less truckloads, and 60,000 less gallons of diesel fuel annually. As manufacturing is going green world-wide, Genpak and the food service industry are even on board with “green” initiatives and the promotion of sustainability.