Sustainability
Our Commitment to Sustainable Packaging
Our mission and goal at Hi-Tech Packaging is simple.
“To provide safe and sustainable packaging, now and for the future”.
All our strategies and actions are driven by this simple mission.
Which is closely aligned with The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, The Ministry for the Environment, WasteMINZ and the Sustainable Business Network.
Our goal is to provide sustainable insights and help navigate our customers and markets through the sustainable packaging journey.
We are also aware that any good sustainable journey requires lots of collaboration and is constantly evolving to do better and be better.
It’s why we have clear strategies around what we source, how we go about learning and who we partner up with.
KG of Avoided Imported Plastic into NZ
Trees funded through Trees that Count
KG of Inhouse Plastic Recycled
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Completed
We have successful removed all oxo-degradable material from our products. This is in line with the Plastic Banned Products October 2022.
Completed
We are part of the Kyocera Recycling Programme. They have provided us with a bin and once the bin is full of empty cartridges, it is sent back to Kyocera for recycling.
Completed
We have 2 types of forklifts in our warehouse. A Counterbalance Forklift, and a Warehouse Forklift. Both are 100% electric.
In Progress
We recycle our plastic and cardboard through Reclaim. We have a specific bin for each. Reclaim provide us with tracking on what we have recycled per month.
In Progress
Since creating this target, Hi-Tech has opted for non-company vehicles. However, the vehicles remaining still have the intent of being hybrid. One has already been traded in for a Hybrid Car.
Completed
We have been privileged enough to source and present alternatives to PVC materials for 2 major supermarkets butcheries. This equates to over 100 Tonnes of PVC material.
Completed
We have customers who used to offer bags with plastic inserts to their customers. Now they offer self-standing reusable bags. Some of these include Briscoes, Rebel, The Warehouse Group, and New World.
Completed
We have created our own Hi-Tech Packaging 100% recycled content retail bag. This bag is designed to be used again and again. Then once it cannot be used anymore, it can be recycled and turned back into another recycled content bag.
Completed
We approached 3 major supermarkets in New Zealand about their produce bags. One supermarket was on board, and we helped them with a reusable option for their produce bag. We continue to work towards helping more supermarkets with their produce bags.
Completed
We provided redesigns to our customers when they use virgin plastics to alternative options. Examples, include recycled content, paper, compostable, etc.
Hi-Tech took their courier bags which was using 100% virgin plastics. We redesigned and now one of our lines of courier bags are 90% recycled content. We also offer 100% recyclable honeycomb courier bags.
This shows that with one product alone, we have reduced the amount of virgin plastics by 90%.
Completed
Hi-Tech took their courier bags which was using 100% virgin plastics. We redesigned and now one of our lines of courier bags are 90% recycled content. We also offer 100% recyclable honeycomb courier bags.
This shows that with one product alone, we have reduced the amount of virgin plastics by 90%
Completed
We have converted The Warehouse and The Warehouse Stationary bags from NWPP to RPET reusable bags. Plus we converted Briscoes from NWPP to RPET reusable bags.
In Progress
We have researched alternative materials to replace fossil-fuel based materials. There are many options and new innovations out there and we are continuing to discover and learn.
Source materials and resources to help with your sustainable journey
Explore the diverse range of source materials and resources we have found insightful and helpful. Whether you’re seeking in-depth reports, comprehensive guides, or a wealth of reference materials, this collection provides a broad spectrum of knowledge to support you and your business on its sustainable packaging journey.
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