Granite Gear’s Green Packaging
May 30th, 2006
I’ve always liked the quality of Granite Gear- their compression sacks are rock solid and good for years of use. Needless to say, I was presently surprised when I went to buy new compression sacks at REI and found that Granite Gear has some of the best packaging practices I’ve seen.
The top of the package features the label seen above, right on the top of the package where no one can miss it, is a far cry from the usual hidden label near the UPC barcode. This means that the package uses a cool, almost origami-like, system of tabs and slits in the place of adhesives. Even more importantly to me though is that Granite Gear is proactively confronting anyone who buys or even looks at their package in the to store to think about eco-friendly packaging.
Image of Airline Compressor Package
Granite Gear Airline Compressor Product Page
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March 29th, 2008 at 11:26 am
They should be using stone paper! Also know as FiberStoneâ„¢! http://www.naturalsourceprinting.com This stuff has a carbon footprint that is 1/3 that of virgin paper and 1/2 that of recycled paper! Plus no chemical bleaching, no water, and no trees cut down (did you know that even with recycled paper at least 4 trees are cut down to make 1 ton?!)
check out FiberStone~
May 1st, 2008 at 4:14 pm
If they are trying to be green, why not get rid of the packaging completely? Packaging never make or used is a lot better than recycled and recyclable. It is a compression sack after all, it is packaging itself.
December 9th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Packaging has become a major requirement for retail shops. They want easy to stock/easy to store packaging and it has to look great on the shelf. Especially large retail shops like REI. Companies that want to stay in business have to cater to what they want.