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Choose packaging that fits the job
Compare the practical strengths and trade-offs of mailers, flexible bags, carry bags and more before you commit.
Free packaging guide
Zero Pack's Guide to Custom Compostable Packaging
Before you order a single bag, get clear on what will suit your products, support your brand and make commercial sense. This is the practical guide we wish every packaging project started with.
14 pages · Practical checklists · Built for real packaging decisions
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Checklist + planning tools
750,000+
Custom bags produced
Certification
Certified compostable packaging
Made to order
Packaging developed around your product and brand
Worldwide delivery
Working with businesses all over the world
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Less guesswork. Better questions. A smoother first order.
Custom packaging brings decisions about material, protection, print, quantities, certification and timing. The guide turns those moving parts into a clear place to start.
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Know what to prepare
Get clear on size, quantity, artwork, colours, delivery country and timing so your first conversation goes somewhere useful.
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Make claims you can stand behind
Understand certification, disposal guidance and the difference between specific compostability claims and vague green language.
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Decide whether the timing is right
Use the commercial questions and decision checklist to work out whether custom packaging makes sense for your business now.
One useful download
Everything you need to move from “maybe” to a workable brief
Read it cover to cover or jump straight to the checklist. Either way, you will finish with a clearer idea of what your project needs—and what to ask next.
The complete 14-page guide
A practical walk-through of custom compostable packaging, from material choices to first-order planning.
Decision checklist
Ten clear questions to help you assess whether your brand is ready to move into custom packaging.
Quote-ready planning prompt
A simple list of the details worth gathering before you ask a supplier to price your project.
Artwork brief
The essentials your designer will need to consider before packaging artwork is prepared for production.
Useful before you are quote-ready
You do not need all the answers yet
The guide is for the thinking stage: when you are comparing options, checking whether the numbers work or trying to turn a rough idea into a useful packaging brief.
When you are ready to talk specifics, Zero Pack can help shape the packaging around your product, brand and delivery needs.
Already planning?
See the packaging Zero Pack can develop, then request a custom quote.
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About the guide
The guide covers how custom compostable packaging works, how to compare packaging types, when custom packaging makes commercial sense, what certification and disposal claims mean, and what to prepare before requesting a quote. It also includes a decision checklist, quote-ready planning prompt and artwork brief.
It is written for ecommerce brands, retailers and organisations considering custom compostable packaging. It is especially useful if you are comparing packaging options, planning a first order or trying to work out whether your volumes and brand are ready for a custom solution.
Yes. Complete the download form and Zero Pack will email you the guide. The form also explains the marketing-email consent that applies, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Yes. All Zero Pack compostable packaging is certified. For the UK, our home-compostable packaging is certified to both OK compost HOME and AS 5810, while our industrial-compostable packaging is certified to OK compost INDUSTRIAL. This gives UK customers the reassurance of TÜV Austria’s OK compost certification alongside the additional requirements of the Australian AS 5810 home-compostability standard. The exact certification depends on the material and type of packaging being produced, and we’ll confirm the relevant certification for your project.
No. The guide is designed to help you narrow the options and identify the questions that matter. If you already know your product dimensions, likely order quantity and delivery country, those details will make the planning sections even more useful.
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Get the practical guide to choosing, planning and briefing custom compostable packaging for your brand.