Eco-Friendly
Why is it important to become Eco conscious?
The average American goes through 4.5 lbs. of waste daily, of which 30% is packaging. Most of the world’s packaging is made with plastic, aluminum, glass and paper. In 2019, the rate of post consumer waste in packaging among the largest brands in the US was just 6.2%. After being used just once, about 50% of this packaging is then sent to a landfilled.
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How is Mudita taking accountability?
We all know how important it is to reduce our impact on the environment. It's something we consistently strive to do better at. At Mudita, careful consideration goes into every decision we make; whether its what we use to package and ship Gift Boxes, the vendors we use and even products we choose to include in our Gift Boxes.
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A few ways we are striving to be more Eco-Friendly
Bio-degradable Shipping Boxes
The shipping boxes we use are made in the USA of 100% recycled content, 95% of that is post-consumer waste. These boxes are curbside recyclable and even compostable.
The Future of Ink : Algae
We try to minimize unnecessary branding, especially when it can cause an item to become non-recyclable. For any branding on our shipping boxes we use the revolutionary Algae Ink developed by Living Ink Technologies.
What's so great about Algae Ink? Algae Ink is a carbon negative ink, using more carbon in a stable and long lasting form than is used in its production. For every pound of Algae Ink used, 26 lbs of CO2 equivalent are captured. Even the most eco-friendly (water-based or soy-based) inks available today utilize pigments made with oil or petroleum. Algae Ink utilizes algae cells for pigments, making it safer and cleaner to work with, and more compatible with the recycling and composting.
100% recycled & curbside recyclable Shipping Labels
Our shipping labels have a Recycle Compatible Adhesive making it easy for recyclers and paper pulpers to process packages that use these labels making them 100% recyclable.
World's Most Sustainable Stickers
The stickers we use inside our boxes come off a Zero Waste Liner that is free of silicone, made from 100% post-consumer waste, and curbside recyclable with paper products.
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The stickers themselves use a recycle compatible adhesive that is screened out during the recycling process whereas traditional adhesives are contaminants to the recycling stream and can cause an item to not be recyclable.
Water Activated Packing Tape
Water-activated tape features a renewable, reliable, and biodegradable plant-derived adhesive and backing.
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Water activated tape creates a strong seal that is tamper resistant. Unlike normal shipping tape, it cannot be peeled off a box and must be broken.
Crinkle Protective Stuffing
The USA made crinkle stuffing we use in our Gift Boxes is Eco friendly, sustainable, biodegradable, made from recycled content, and of course is recyclable.
Biodegradable Packing foam
The first time you see it, you'll be just as amazed as we were.
The packing foam inserts we use to stabilize the Gift Boxes in the Shipping box completely dissolves in water. You read that right; the biodegradable foam is starch based and when put in water it decomposes leaving no waste behind.
Gift Boxes
The premium Gift Boxes we use are made of 100% recycled content, 75% of which is post-consumer items.