Edit this page Backlinks Rename Page Table of Contents Dried Herbs packaging for Kuckucksmühle Criteria Alternatives & Other considerations Findings Dried Herbs packaging for Kuckucksmühle We want to be able to offer people who are interested in our project something to take home with them. As we have plenty of wild grown organic herbs this seemed the more obvious and sustainable choice of product. Criteria The packaging needs to be: bio based - does not contain plastic bio degradable can easily hold a minimum of 100 grams of weight made in accordance to food safety standards able to be sealed produced locally produced in a sustainable way affordable re-usable … Alternatives & Other considerations If it is not possible to find a product that satisfies all the criteria we would also like to consider using donated recycled jars for this project these would satisfy the following criteria: can easily hold a minimum of 100 grams of weight made in accordance to food safety standards able to be sealed re-usable Another alternative would be to let people bring their own containers to refill. Findings Here we examine which product provider would be the best fit for our purposes: Name of Company Natürlich verpacken - Parterremedia GmbH Product Paper bag 55 x 175 mm, round window, kraft paper, ribbed Product no. 2321110448 Product info provided by the supplier Material kraft paper Color brown Surface ribbed Grammage 50 g/m² Printing unprinted Minimum order quantity 25 pieces Usage pastry bag, gift bag, kraft paper bag, coffee bag, tea bag, block bottom bag Size (W x D x H) 55 x 30 x 175 mm Criteria Info Additional Comments bio based - does not contain plastic Yes bio degradable Yes hold a minimum of 100 grams of weight Unknown it works well made in accordance to food safety standards Yes able to be sealed Unknown not completely but can be using sticky label produced locally Yes Germany produced in a sustainable way Yes affordable Eur 0.18 (1,000), Eur 0.19 (500), Eur 0.20 (250) this requires an initial investment of c. Eur 50 to Eur 60 incl. shipping this will put the price up and perhaps make the product less affordable re-usable Yes Status rejected have decided to use plain brown paper bags with instructions for customers to transfer to sterilized jars, it makes the product more eco friendly and uses recycled materials research/dried_herbs_packaging.txt Last modified: 2017/09/24 16:33by aimeejulia