Design Guidelines for Sustainable Packaging

Design Guidelines for Sustainable Packaging is a design guidance resource for packaging designers and developers. It provides a framework for sustainable packaging design while outlining various design strategies and reference materials.

The complete 104-page report provides education on elements of sustainability as they relate to packaging, while helping to bring them into the mainstream of packaging development. It includes issues beyond simple compliance, and illustrates how sustainability and environmental considerations are part of the packaging design process.

Various design strategies in the report include:

• Design sustainability
• Design for transport
• Design for environmental best practices
• Design for fair labor and trade practices
• Design for renewable virgin materials
• Design for reuse
• Design for recycling
• Design for composting

Released December 2006