The packaging industry has always been great about finding new ways to utilize old products and designs. I guess that would qualify as a form of recycling and we are all for it! The photos below show a design that has been referred to as a pillow pack box or even as an apple pie mailer because the shape is reminiscent of the container McDonalds once used on their apple pie desserts. In any case, we are finding it to be a sweet design for a variety of packaging and mailing applications and very eco friendly.

What Makes These Mailers Sustainable?

Our Globe Guard Pop and Load Mailers are made out of our 100% recycled content corrugated board or 100% recycled content paper board, and of course they are 100% recyclable after their use. However, they are also sturdy enough that they are often re-used for a second, third or return shipment, which makes them even better than any single use envelope or box.

The material (board) composition is far from the only reason these mailers are excellent green packaging:

• The unique shape “pinches” the product n place, immobilizing it and eliminating the need for costly or time consuming void fill
• The contoured shape creates excellent crush zones on all four corners, protecting the product and eliminating the use of cushioning materials.
• It requires a minimum of tape to seal it and usually one small tab of tape does the trick. This saves tape and labor and also improves the likely hood the mailer will be re-used.

Why “Pop and Load”?  Many Reasons, Including Labor Savings!

The name comes from the way they easily open up when you squeeze the sides toward each other. That makes the loading process extremely simple and quick. After the product is inserted, release the pressure on the sides and they return to shape, holding the product firmly in place with no laborious void fill or cushioning product necessary.

Compare this to the time and labor involved in forming and taping RSC style boxes, die cut mailers or even stuffing and sealing plastic or paper envelope mailers and you will agree Globe Guard Pop and Load Mailers are an incredibly labor efficient way to ship product out.

Great, Green Packaging Product and Applications

A well known marketing company recently sent out thousands of printed, re-usable, eco-friendly shopping bags in our Pop and Load Mailers. They were looking for something very eco-friendly and unusual that would stand out in the recipients’ mail “in basket”. Since the product was soft goods, we were able to use a light weight, 100% recycled, 26 pt. paperboard to make their mailers which helped reduce their cost and amount of waste that will ultimately be created.

For a different application, we used a sturdier E flute corrugated to protect a thick, hardbound book for shipment via UPS. In E-flute, the package was virtually indestructible and once again, the objective was to make the book arrive safely with minimal packaging and absolutely no bubble wrap or other interior packaging.

One Size and Style Fits All? Hardly.

We carry a wide variety of different containers for shipping because every customer, product and objective is different. The more options you have, the more likely you are to get the job done, with green packaging products, at a reasonable cost.

Globe Guard Pop and Load mailers are just one more tool in our fast growing tool box of sustainable packaging solutions for packaging books, DVD’s, CD’s, soft goods, and personal care products, to name just a few possible applications.

Please contact us if you are interested in learning more or seeing a sample.

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