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EPS-Free Packaging Passes the Test for Heavy, Fragile VELUX Windows

The shift to paper-based packaging from EPS for sustainability purposes is common these days, but it’s noteworthy in this case since the products are notoriously heavy, unwieldy, and highly breakable glass windows and frames.

Tina Mayn, Senior Vice President of Products, Innovation, & R&D at global window and skylight manufacturer VELUX, talks with PW about a recent pack format shift away from EPS, and toward corrugated.Tina Mayn, Senior Vice President of Products, Innovation, & R&D at global window and skylight manufacturer VELUX, talks with PW about a recent pack format shift away from EPS, and toward corrugated.

Window manufacturer VELUX Group is converting 90% of its sloped-roof window [skylight] packaging to a plastic-free, paper-based single material in all its most popular SKUs. This will save up to 900 tonnes [992 tons] of plastic per year, the company says, and the new format will consist of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) -certified corrugated.

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