The Consortium now uses recycled cardboard inner packaging

As The Consortium is always looking at ways to decrease its impact on the environment, they’re always looking at new ways to be more eco-friendly. We already have, for example, a range of office plants inside the building as well as solar panels on the roof. The company ships hundreds of items each day and each order must be securely packed in boxes. Items must be securely packed using “Void filler”, which fills the remaining space inside boxes with padding such as bubble wrap to prevent damage in transit, like most boxed, online orders. However, The Consortium has decided to be much more environmentally friendly and use 100% recycled cardboard padding as void filler for all orders.

As you may know, polystyrene is widely used as packing material. Bubble wrap and air cushion packing is typically made of polythene (PE) and is now popular. All three of those materials are generally considered too costly to recycle and are almost always disposed of in landfill, taking several hundred years to decompose. Recycled cardboard however is much easier to recycle again, and even if it is thrown away it can take less than 1 year to fully decompose into organic material, making it a clear eco-friendly choice.

The Consortium has recognised this now all packing void filler materials will be made of completely recycled card. If you have any more eco tips that large companies such as The Consortium can do to help reduce their environmental impact, we would love to hear them.