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Dianne, do you have a retail web site? I might have some other ideas if I had a better idea of the types of things you are shipping.
No retail yet.
Graphic design/logo brand identity should be completed within 3 weeks. Then onward to the website design/shopping cart etc. My target date for retail website up and running (after review by everyone at SUN, of course) is August 25.
here is a description of my initial product line; beach apparel for females. tshirts, tank tops, cotton visors, and of course stickers and magnets. Sizes . small - XL
thank you
It sounds like you are shipping fairly light items. USPS mailing products are made from 100 percent recycled content with post-consumer content ranging from 80 to 100 percent. Therefore you are right, brown paper containers used with something like the flat rate boxes from the US Postal Service will not only be environmentally sound but it will be very cost effective. The flat rate boxes are nice because you can put a lot in them all for the same price. I think you have the right idea and there isn`t much else I can think to add...
Environmental sustainbility is the "hot" buzz phrase in packaging your products.
Packaging "green" is a lot more complicated that just reduce, reuse and recycle. If you plan to do business with any major retailer you better be familiar with their "green" mandates. Its one of the topics I spoke about at the InventionsShow on Packaging Your Invention To Sell.
I have collated some green packaging product releases and some information on Walmart and their "packaging scorecard" which addresses environmental sustainability and source reduction.
Its` free for the asking if you email me privately at PackagingDiva@aol.com
great posts by bert and roughstock; it is more than brown paper bags and yet it`s exactly that too and you did a wonderful job with links and information.
A great thing about being a small company is how we get to do some really fun things with our product and packaging; I worry more about doing it right, fast, and making it cool than overall big-box green mandates.
We`ve created a "box-press" for all of our non-reseller shipments that gives us a nice regular looking shipping box on the outside, but when opened they see how we`ve used a used box ... some box guts look weird this way.
We have a note: "Give your box a second chance! Reuse before recycle or die!" (that last part is a joke), but the main thing is that our customer can`t help but realize how we reused a box (and saved $$ from zero material costs).
We are also getting ready to post a page on our website that gives links and plugs to place where people can get used cardboard boxes; and we`re always trying to cross-pollinate with "green companies" -- their people just think more and we need aware/thinking people for our tacos.
fyi. post us (I`m sure George is rattling around here somewhere too) if you want free Tiger Tacos ... like with our packaging above, it`s a duh that we want all of you guys to have tacos (to use and share with your friends; nudge, nudge, wink, wink).
Chris: saw your product and great idea. I`m always looking for resources for my small business clients. Most of them are on very limited budgets so the recycling idea is perfect.
A note about big box retailers too. They aren`t they only ones thinking green. It`s probably the secong most common question I am asked about "green" packaging products. The problem is environmentally friendly packaging is in it`s infancy so in many cases the packaging applications haven`t been developed yet. But if they are out there I`ll write about them in my newsletter under "Packaging Greenwatch."
Cool. I read your site months ago (from your posting on UPC) and thought what a wonderful resource and person to have available to SuN.
You`re the one area I`ve shot myself in the foot (well I`m sure it`s one of many) on going to market, but it`s high on my list once we get some more traction (I`m sending you some tacos but please don`t pillar me on our packaging--you`ll get that chance, and some fun/willing clients with us ing time!)
Hi Dianne,
Your post caught my attention, as I am settin up a business along the same lines. I will be providing recyled paper bags to local businesses and encourage local cmmunity to use more of these `green` bags.
Check out my forum post, I`d love your comments:
http://www.startupnation.com/forums/7881/1/1
ujeans, I went to your cool site hoping to see your envelope 
it sounds fun (guess I`ll have to order some pants!~)
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