Packaging

With >30,000 product packaging in stores all across the Netherlands, Superunie is well aware of the need for sustainability.

Borealis and Searious Business have been working together on developing circular economy solutions for secondary packaging.

Searious Business helped Danone to define its global sustainability strategy in packaging and elaborate on disruptive innovations.

Unilever has made strong sustainable packaging commitments, focused on Less plastic, Better plastic, No plastic.

To help deliver Aldi’s sustainable packaging commitments, we identified specific improvement steps.

Peijnenburg asked Searious Business to suggest sustainable packaging materials to reach 100% recyclability by 2025.

Searious Business helped Vrumona to define its sustainability strategy and elaborate on disruptive innovations for the future.

Searious Business worked with Tramontina to define a strategy in packaging and sustainable plastic use.

Italian food company Barilla asked Searious Business to realize ambitions in sustainable use of materials.

Searious Business helped Moonen Packaging us to think even bigger, providing suggestions on sustainable alternatives.

Searious Business helped Verkade to develop an innovative design which reduces the amount of materials and adhesives used.

Searious Business was asked to advise on the sustainability of plastics packaging as part of the company’s sustainability strategy.

Searious Business helped Weber Beamix and its suppliers to incorporate a substantial amount of recycled plastics in its packaging.

Searious Business developed a decision tree to use as a starting point for coffee cups and similar on-the-go applications.

Vodafone-Ziggo asked Searious Business to draw up stringent guidelines for the use of plastic and other materials.

Searious Business helped Crisp to refine their sustainable packaging strategy to avoid single-use and virgin plastics.

Searious Business and BOPET Films Europe formed the Vita Nova consortium to explore the circular potential of mono-PET in household flexible packaging.

Searious Business provides technical advice and connections to relevant launching customers, enabling closed-loop recycling of PE in Europe.

Zotefoams has developed ReZorce, a fully circular alternative material for beverage cartons to replace the recycling disaster that is liquid paper board.

Nestlé has set itself ambitious sustainable packaging targets. Searious Business determined the right reusable packaging strategy for specific commodities in the future.

The US-funded EPPIC project will build collaborative Reuse Hubs in three developing regions. Expanding existing platforms, Searious Business will facilitate cross-chain connections and provide technical support.

Mondelez has set itself sustainable packaging targets. Searious Business gave an overview of pros and cons of moving into reusable packaging.

Searious Business is providing expertise in reuse to BUDDIE Pack, a research project from Horizon Europe developing an actionable reuse business model.

As part of the MOSSUP project, Searious Business developed a deposit return scheme for reusable food containers at the deli counters in Marjane supermarkets.

To determine the most sustainable reusable option for Peeze, Searious Business researched innovative packaging materials for whole coffee beans.

Searious Business investigated the possibility of creating a scalable, reusable big bag pooling system and pilot it with Plastic Pact NL members.

Together with reuse providers, Vytal, Searious Business launched a digital system for reusable takeaway packaging in restaurants in Colombia, Dominican Republic and Quintana Roo, Mexico.

As part of the CITEO’s development of industry standards for reusable packaging, Searious Business explored closure systems for reusable pots & trays to determine suitability. 
 


Searious Business was contracted to audit existing refill systems in different stores in France then provide recommendations for change in products, systems and behavioral change to increase effectiveness.