Flexible packaging – advantages and disadvantages

On the packaging market, we can choose between flexible and rigid packaging. 
Technological progress in the packaging industry has made flexible packaging a more modern solution. This type of packaging includes bags, pouches and sachets.

One such flexible packaging and currently popular is doypack packaging.

This type of packaging with individual graphics can become a distinctive product in retail sales.

Characteristics of flexible packaging

Advantages:
Flexible packaging has many advantages. First of all, they are used to pack a huge number of various products and goods. The advantage is their light weight, ease of transport and durability.

They are comfortable to use. Due to their flexibility, they adapt their shape and size to the packed goods. 

Flexible packaging has glued or heat-sealed closures. They are characterized by tear resistance. They protect against sunlight and moisture. They are tight and protect against food contamination.

Defects:
The main disadvantages of flexible packaging include its negative impact on the environment. 
When the packaging ends its purpose, it is most often thrown away by the consumer by simply crushing it. The flexibility of crushed packaging means that it still takes up a lot of space, which increases the costs of its recycling.

Most packaging of this type is often incinerated due to the limited number of processing plants.

The use of flexible packaging

Flexible packaging is very often used, among others: in the process of packaging household and cosmetic chemicals. 
They are resistant to aggressive and chemically active substances, e.g. cleaning agents and detergents, liquid fertilizers, shampoos, concentrates, solvents and oils. 
In the trade industry, they are used to increase sales levels. Due to their properties, they can take on various shapes, which helps them stand out on the store shelf.

Flexible packaging and the natural environment

All types of plastic packaging are convenient for consumers to use, but they often have a negative impact on the natural environment. Foils pollute the soil and water and circulate in the ecosystem for hundreds of years. The problem is that they take a very long time to decompose. 
Currently, many studies are being carried out on the life cycle assessment of various types of packaging. In the industrial sector, it is crucial to reduce the carbon footprint in packaging production.   
The mission of many manufacturers is to produce packaging in harmony with nature, with the natural environment in mind. Companies implement the latest technologies and try to use primarily recycled materials for production.

Recycling of plastic packaging

Used plastic packaging is recycled. As a result of this process, we obtain raw materials suitable for the production of new packaging. 
Recycling plays a key role in reducing the negative impact on the natural environment and is a fundamental process in the circular economy. Reduces the need for primary raw materials in the production process.

Biodegradable packaging made of bioplastic

When plastic is able to undergo a biological decomposition process, it generates, among others: carbon dioxide, mineral salts, biomass and methane. The biological decomposition of organic biodegradable plastic is very fast and does not last longer than 6 months. Bioplastic packaging is produced from renewable raw materials.

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