Primepac Blog

Plastic pallet wrap has long been a staple in product packaging and warehousing. However, many businesses are now looking for more sustainable and cost-effective solutions. 

To ensure profitability, you need to track your business expenses and spending on office supplies. The question is, which category should items like tea and coffee be tracked in? In this article, we outline how to add items like tea and coffee to your business accounts. We also share our full range of beverages and break-room supplies to keep your team constantly fuelled. 

Are you reassessing your company’s packaging products and shipping needs? As more and more companies look for sustainable packaging alternatives, it may be wise to optimise your shipping processes too.  In this article, we highlight alternative shipping options that will help to reduce your environmental impact. 

Plastic regularly ends up as waste in our environment, harming our wildlife and contaminating our food and water. As a result, New Zealand is entering the next step in its single-use plastics ban. From the 1st of July 2023, several single-use plastic products will be phased out of use in New Zealand. For many industries, this will cause a significant shift to sustainable packaging alternatives....

In 2021, the global paper and paperboard packaging market was estimated at 314 billion NZD. Since then, the demand for sustainable packaging has continued to grow. For example, our sustainability page has over 9,000 views, and our paper tape sales have grown more than 300%. These are just some examples of how paper alternatives are becoming the preferred choice in packaging. As an alternative to...

More and more, consumers are looking for brands with sustainable practices and eco-conscious initiatives. So, as you gear up for the festive season, you may want to consider making some changes to reduce your company’s environmental impact. With a lower carbon footprint, you can rest easy knowing you are doing your part while attracting more customers at the same time.

Global sustainability trends are leading to many countries reassessing the sustainability and recyclability of their packaging waste. Tough new restrictions and regulations have been introduced by key New Zealand export markets to increase the use of recyclable and reusable packaging, with the hope that distributors will move away from hard-to-recycle packaging materials.

In a world packed with consumer goods, we are also spoiled for choice with the range of packaging materials available to us. Reusable, recyclable, compostable and more – we now have almost any type of packaging that we want or require, at our fingertips.

Sugarcane is a great renewable source that can be used to create 100% recyclable plastic. As sugarcane plastic is molecularly identical to standard oil-based plastic, it is a great sustainable solution that doesn’t mean compromising on product quality. One of the significant advantages of sugarcane plastic is that the process of growing its raw material (sugar cane), removes carbon dioxide from...

Like many other businesses, sustainability is a key focus for us and we’re doing everything that we can to play our part. As a major packaging supplier in New Zealand, we understand the importance of providing our customers with packaging knowledge, products and resources to protect and enhance our planet.