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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I am amazed at how often people use RSC style boxes when they are not really necessary. Probably because of their popularity and availability, boxes seem to be the standard or “go to” method of shipment, but there are times and applications when they are NOT the best choice. The cost of using a box usually includes the box, tape, cushioning materials or void fill, and a good deal of labor to form and seal the bottom, fill it with product and void fill, seal the top of the box and then label it. An envelope style mailer is typically less expensive from both a material and labor cost perspective, and is an underutilized alternative to standard boxes.

Envelope style mailers are available in a wide variety of materials and designs. Most often they are made of chipboard (also known as paperboard), much like a FedEx envelope. They are also available in plastic construction resembling a rugged bag like you might get when you order soft goods from Land’s End or any other e-commerce or catalog company. Mailers are typically available in padded designs for more fragile goods and non-padded for sturdier products or those that do not require cushioning.

Here are some of the mailer options available to you for your product and application:

• Custom printing. Branding is made easy with a variety of different print and imprint option. Printing is the imaging done in advance on the mailer, while imprinting is usually variable information that is imaged on the mailer as it is being used. The recipient’s name and address or a date code would be examples of what can be imprinted in line and as needed.
• Gusseted. Many mailers can be created to be three dimensional for products that are higher profile. Example – a mailer designed to ship a CD-ROM probably does not have to include a gusset but if you were shipping out a blanket, a gusset might make it fit better and easier to load.
• Mailers are as “green” as you want them to be. Most mailers are either all plastic or all paperboard, making them extremely easy to recycle. This does not apply to paper mailers that are lined with foam or bubble. The industry has responded and is now making both plastic and paper in high or 100% recycled content.

More information will follow on this excellent packaging alternative to RSC style corrugated boxes.
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Visit the Globe Guard Eco Friendly Packaging Store for -

Eco Friendly Corrugated Boxes

Eco Friendly Shipping Supplies

Special Deals on Packaging Supplies

and more!