Green Engineering Product Packaging Material Analysis

OnePointFive worked with a consumer products company to analyze and select materials for a new product sample / travel kit that addressed key business and environmental criteria.

We conducted competitor research to assess the most commonly used materials for a product sample / travel kit in the consumer products industry. Then, using the 12 Principles of Green Engineering, we worked with the client to design the business and environmental decision criteria to evaluate material choices.

After identifying the top three material choices for the primary product packaging and outside bag materials, we ran a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and a Technique of Order Preference Similarity (TOPSIS) calculation using the business and environmental decision criteria to determine the ideal material choice. Alongside these efforts we referenced life-cycle analysis research to share environmental, social, and economical considerations of the material choices with the client.

This led to the recommendation of a sustainable, affordable and aesthetically pleasing packaging design, which reduces the dependency on single-use packaging and increases the product to packaging delivery ratio of the client’s product sample/travel kit without materially impacting cost.