Introduction
As the Chinese New Year is just round the corner, most of us are packing Chinese New Year gourmet hampers with pineapple tarts, bak-kwa, chocolates and other snacks etc to share with family members, friends, office colleagues and business partners. But rather than having your hamper packed in your usual plastic bags, you can make your gift more personal and environmentally friendly by using non-woven reusable bags!
What are Non-Woven Bags?
Polypropylene or other recycled plastic material based non-woven bags have emerged as the most sought out bags due to their reusability, wash-ability, and recyclability rather than being single-use basal plastic carry bags. Even when on the thinner side, they are less transparent than plastic bags, a perceived advantage since it looks more premium. They also come in different colors and may be designed to serve different functions, depending on the occasion they are to be used in.
When taken care of, non-woven bags can actually be used up to a hundred times, hence their ability to help save the environment. Snacks can be packed in PP non-woven fabric since it is food-grade safe when it used to make bags. Finally, when the bags have served their useful life they can be recycled. For these environmental friendly properties and flexibility, the non-woven bags are suitable to be used for packaging of goodie hampers during the CNY celebrations.
Sustainable and Presentable
Haven chosen to pack your CNY goodies in non-woven bags, it simply means that you are able to be environmentally conscious while packaging your gift looks sharp, tidy, and neat. Thicker substrates are used to provide structure to accommodate the more bulky articles than, say, flimsy plastic shopping bags. This is to avoid some loose packaging causing damages to delicate items such as cookies and pastries. Solid non-woven bags also contribute to your gift being ‘germ-free’ as well as shield your gift during transportation.
Shops can have their own designs with festive prints and can also have names on the bags or even your company logo. There are even clear plastic coveringe that let customers get a sneak preview at the delicious food items within while being casual as well. By using these bags you are making your gift more than just clear plastic and also using reusable items – perfect!
Practical Post-Celebration
After your CNY hampers have been consumed, the recipient can repurpose the non-woven bags for grocery shopping, storage around the house, or even for use the next year for another CNY hamper. This makes your present not solely good for the festivity scene but for more uses.
Non-woven bags can help the recipients to have a durable use of the bags to serve them after washing for years. A gift that keeps on giving – what a way to leave an impression! It demonstrates that you cared about sustainability and functionality from where they would get their gifts to choosing the gift packaging.
Eco-Friendly Production
The usage of non-woven bags is even sustainable before it is used and reused starting from its production. Recyclable plastic materials are used in the production of these bags and by using them, the acts of littering plastics in the environment such as in the seas are eradicated. The production process also mentioned in the case also uses also considerably less water, chemicals and energy than paper or cotton bags.
Indeed, some non-woven suppliers even own a green production facility which is run on renewable energy. When it comes to mindful sourcing, the choice of gift packaging does not harm the environment significantly. That concurs with modern trends of going green, with regards to gifting.
Cost-Effective Customization
To a larger extent, non-woven bags provide customization advantage at a relatively cheaper price than other reusable bags such as cotton tote bags. This creates an opportunity for gifters to incorporate other extra features, which include personalization or branding within their means. Thick skin also looks better and is suitable for good colorful designs and graphics as compared to flimsy materials such as plastic.
Due to the MOQ of approximately 100pcs upward, the non-woven bags are not expensive items and therefore attractive for making CNY corporate gifts. These reusable bags are not only customizable, of good quality and very affordable, HR departments seeking for gifts to employee or clients during CNY would find these excellent for the purpose.
Support Local Businesses
Choosing reusable non-woven bags over single-use plastic bags makes sustainability practices and continues to encourage local businesses. Most of the Singapore printers, designers and bag suppliers that provide non-woven bag customization, do have CNY festive gifting solutions available. In terms of the quantity, size, color, and design, there are versatility options and other categories of raw materials and accessories for different customers and prices.
Purchasing gift packaging from local enterprises working in Singapore ensures that such funds remain within the country’s economy. Therefore, the higher profits can also ensure that these businesses spend more on the environmentally sustainable business operations in the long-run. Buying local and at the same time supporting fair and sustainable is hand in hand!
Simple Switch, Big Impact
Spinning the conventional plastic bag with the non-woven reusable bag as the container for CNY goodies is one change that provides multiplicative positive effect. Your recipients can avoid future plastics usage and at the same time enjoy using an attractive and useful gift. They also conform to the sustainability principles through developing an environmentally-friendly production and by supporting other local businesses.
This Chinese New Year, it is time to give your festive hampers an ecological touch without any effect on the appearance as well as functionality of gifts. Reusable fabric bags transform hamper packaging to become stylish carry for many events ahead and helps the environment too! Share this impact to an even larger population of friends and family by telling them to consider reusable this season as well.