Review on Sustainable Packaging Research Report There are many new sustainable materials, manufacturing systems and processes that use less finite resources and have a lower impact on the environment than those of the past. Many popular products however still utilise fundamental packaging design principles and materials that are wasteful with resources or have a hugely negative ecological impact. For this assignment, you are required to investigate 3 existing product packages and ideate alternatives for them, improving their overall sustainability and ecological impact. Your investigation needs to focus on materials and manufacturing, along with how appropriate the current packing is for the specific product (ie if the product has specific needs for product freshness or fragility during shipping). Your research needs to include a deep-dive into the original packaging design and the environmental impact it has throughout its lifecycle (from design, to production, to usage, to being discarded, to breaking down or being recycled etc). Include approximate costing information for the original packaging if possible, as well as approximate costing for the new packaging option (this would impact greatly on the appeal to the client). Your ideas for the alternative packaging solutions should include concept sketches only, to demonstrate any changes to the shape, size or materiality of the new solution. You will mostly focus on the materials, manufacturing process and ecological impact improvements you can make. Ensure you have produced your sketches in a similar way, covering a similar level of detail, as the examples shown here (Links to an external site.).
