Packaging resources
Packaging guidance for UK businesses
Market-relevant updates alongside straightforward global guidance on choosing, designing and ordering custom compostable packaging.
Global guidance
Packaging guides and explainers
Practical guidance that applies across Zero Pack markets. Regional legal and disposal requirements should always be checked separately.
Compostable packaging
Compostable vs Biodegradable Packaging: What the Difference Actually Means
Understand compostable vs biodegradable packaging, what certification proves, how disposal differs and how to make clearer packaging claims.
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Compostable packaging
Home Compostable vs Industrial Compostable Packaging
Compare home and industrial compostable packaging, certification examples, disposal limits and how to choose the right pathway for your packaging.
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Packaging guides
Custom Compostable Mailers: An Ecommerce Guide
Learn how custom compostable mailers work, what to specify, how certification affects claims and what to prepare before requesting a quote.
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Packaging guides
Compostable Mailers: Materials and Performance
A practical guide to compostable mailer materials, certification, shipping performance, product suitability and fulfilment decisions.
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Ecommerce packaging
Packaging for Fashion Brands: Formats, Returns and Claims
A practical guide to choosing fashion ecommerce packaging across mailers, boxes, paper formats, garment protection, returns and sustainability claims.
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Custom packaging & design
How Custom Compostable Mailers Work: Enquiry to Delivery
A step-by-step guide to specifying, approving, producing and receiving custom compostable mailers, including the decisions and evidence to confirm at each stage.
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Custom packaging & design
MOQ in Custom Packaging: Meaning and Order Planning
What minimum order quantity means in custom packaging, why it varies, and how to plan a practical first order without relying on unsupported price or timing assumptions.
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Custom packaging & design
What to Ask Before Ordering Custom Packaging
A buyer's checklist for custom packaging specifications, samples, certification evidence, artwork, MOQ, commercial scope, delivery and final approval.
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Ecommerce packaging
Ecommerce Mailers: Formats, Fit and Fulfilment
A practical guide to choosing ecommerce mailers by product protection, packed size, closure, returns, labels, materials and fulfilment workflow.
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Custom packaging & design
Branded Mailers for Ecommerce: A Practical Design Guide
How to plan branded ecommerce mailers around product protection, brand hierarchy, shipping labels, instructions, claims, artwork and fulfilment.
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Custom packaging & design
How to Prepare Artwork for Custom Mailers
A practical artwork checklist for custom mailers covering dielines, vector files, colour references, label zones, claims, proofing and approval.
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Packaging guides
Compostable vs Recycled-Plastic Mailers
A balanced comparison of compostable and recycled-plastic mailers across evidence, end-of-life routes, product protection, claims and procurement.
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Packaging guides
Lower-Impact Ecommerce Mailers: A Claims-Safe Guide
A practical guide to assessing compostable, recycled-plastic and paper mailers without relying on vague eco-friendly claims.
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Packaging guides
Lower-Impact Packaging: A Decision Framework
A claims-safe framework for evaluating lower-impact ecommerce packaging by protection, material use, evidence, end-of-life routes and customer instructions.
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Ecommerce packaging
How to Reduce Plastic Packaging in Ecommerce
A practical sequence for auditing ecommerce packaging, removing avoidable plastic, testing alternatives and making accurate customer claims.
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Compostable packaging
Compostable Packaging: Certification and Selection Guide
A guide to choosing compostable packaging by product suitability, certification pathway, evidence, customer instructions and end-of-life limits.
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Compostable packaging
Custom Compostable Packaging: Project Guide
How to plan custom compostable packaging across format selection, product protection, certification, artwork, MOQ, approvals and delivery.
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Ecommerce packaging
Why Packaging Matters for Ecommerce Brands
How ecommerce packaging affects protection, fulfilment, brand consistency, claims, customer instructions and the cost of avoidable mistakes.
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Ecommerce packaging
How Branded Packaging Supports Customer Experience
A practical guide to branded packaging across delivery recognition, opening, product presentation, returns and disposal instructions.
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Need the complete picture?
Zero Pack's Guide to Custom Compostable Packaging
A practical guide to choosing, planning and briefing custom compostable packaging that fits your products, brand and operation.
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