Sustainable packaging for lubricants

DS Smith Corrugated Packaging, Rawcliffe Bridge, has helped develop a revolutionary new bag-in-box packaging system for lubricants. The project was part of a drive towards using more sustainable raw materials for the packaging of oil-based products. The new packaging has a lower environmental impact than the previous rigid plastic container.

The outer box is made from recycled material and is easy to recycle. The new bag inside the box produces only a sixth of the waste of the previous container. In addition, the new pack shape is cubic rather than round, so that 20% more filled product can be distributed on a pallet. For one customer alone, this means 200 fewer lorry movements each year. The design thus achieves a major reduction in costs, supports environmental objectives and makes storage and transport more efficient.