Product
Reach new markets by considering the environmental impact of making, distributing and disposing your products. Explore the following links to find out about cleaning and greening your products.
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Branding and labelling
If you have good environmentally preferable practices or offer a sustainable product or service, why not tell your customers about it?
Design
Designing products for sustainability can enhance your product's marketability and save your business money in a number of ways.
Packaging
Packaging of goods contributes hugely to New Zealand's economy. It can enhance the quality, longevity, and safety of goods and also plays an important role in marketing and brand development.
Product life-cycle
Every product has an impact on the environment. This impact occurs not just while the product is owned and used, but also before and after its useful life. By examining the life-cycle of your products, you'll develop a more environmentally friendly, and probably more marketable, product.
Recycling
Reusing materials that would otherwise be considered waste is a potential cost-saver for your business. Many types of materials from production or administration areas can be recycled.
Waste minimisation
By minimising waste, recycling and reusing resources, your business can lower the amount of waste that goes to landfill sites. Initiatives in this area can save your business money by reducing waste disposal costs and lowering the input of materials into production.
