Flexible Packaging Solutions for the Circular Economy
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The call for the elimination of single-use plastic products, and water conservation is behind this South African and USA researched repurposable flexible packaging solution.
Further research, both locally and abroad, enables us to share this upstream packaging redesign and application idea with global brand owners, retailers and others seeking green solutions in the fight against global warming, plastic pollution, and water shortages.
OUR SOLUTIONREDUCING PLASTIC WASTAGE/CONSERVING WATER
Four (4) current products on the market consisting of four differently sized stand-up pouches which can, after first-use as packaging, be repurposed as cistern water savers in the dominant SA 6L cisterns and legacy 9L cisterns.Plastic is consequently kept out of landfills, and value is added to the plastic.The carbon footprint for plastic is accordingly reduced.An EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) friendly solution.The stand-up pouches are 180mm x 275mm (1,5L), 180mm x 250mm (1,0L), 153mm x 270mm (1,0L) and 150mm x 250mm (750ml/500g) + their variants - see Attachment 1.The functional position in the cistern/tank is per Attachment 2 - water is saved by displacement. Fill the pouch with water and place in the said functional position.The range is suitable, but not limited to, certain food and home/personal care products in the 1,5L, 1,0L and 750ml sizes per the Attachments.Being the packaging, consumers receive the added social benefit of an effective no-cost water saver.The range can contribute significantly to mitigating water wastage on several continents.APPLICATIONS:
- An upstream redesign example would be the repositioning of ✂️ for a level aperture on the 750ml pouches.
- Known products on the market requiring upstream ✂️ Artwork redesign for circularity - Attachment 3.
- Additional known 6L products on the SA market that would require no upstream design - Attachment 4.
- The versatile 153mm x 270mm above works in both 9L and various 6L cistern designs by reducing the height where required.
- All the above pouches are considered a solution for Africa and other continents re: circularity and cistern water savings.
- Stand-up pouch in the 1,5L size is considered as UNIVERSAL in it’s application as a water saver, and a single solution for the USA/CANADA and neighbouring countries regulated tank/cistern infrastructure, and the design is registered on the Walmart Circular Connector platform - Attachment 5.
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4 STAND-UP POUCHES REQUIRING NO UPSTREAM REDESIGN
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WHERE THE FOUR POUCHES FIT IN THE CISTERN
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POUCHES CURRENTLY ON SA MARKET REQUIRING UPSTREAM ✂️ ARTWORK REDESIGN ONLY FOR CIRCULARITY
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ADDITIONAL KNOWN 6L CISTERN PRODUCT APPLICATIONS ON THE MARKET THAT WOULD REQUIRE NO UPSTREAM REDESIGN OR ARTWORK CHANGES FOR CIRCULARITY
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UNIVERSAL WATER SAVER
(SUGGESTED SINGLE SOLUTION FOR USA/CANADA/NEIGHBOURS TANK/CISTERN INFRASTRUCTURE)
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