ABOUT
Sustainability
Duropac delivers quality, sustainable packaging that protects your products and enhances your brand. Discover why we’re the trusted choice for businesses.
WORKING TOGETHER FOR A
Sustainable future
At Duropac, sustainability is a collective journey, requiring collaboration across the entire supply chain. Our approach aligns with leading sustainability leadership principles, emphasizing the importance of purpose-driven, systemic change.
Meat, poultry, and seafood packaging experts
Since 1993, we’ve specialized in providing tailored packaging solutions for the meat, poultry, and seafood industries.
Extend shelf life
Our expertise in vacuum and modified atmosphere packaging extends shelf life, reduces food waste, and enhances operational efficiency.
Lower enviromental impact
With application-specific packaging, we prevent leaks, reduce labor, and minimize food waste, thereby lowering the environmental impact of unnecessary production.
Partnerships & suppliers
Our partnerships with innovative suppliers allow us to source materials that align with the Golden Design Rules, offering high-barrier protection, superior strength, and best available standards for recyclability. This approach not only ensures product integrity but also supports our clients in meeting sustainability targets and complying with plastic waste regulations.
Our three pillars
of sustainability
People
We foster collaboration among producers, processors, retailers, recyclers, and manufactures to drive systemic change in the industry. Our commitment to stakeholder engagement reflects the relational nature of effective sustainability leadership.
Planet
By preventing food waste and utilizing fewer materials, we contribute to resource conservation and greenhouse gas emission reductions. Our application-specific, durable, accurately sized packaging minimizes product damage during shipping and retail handling.
Prosperity
Our solutions deliver financial benefits by reducing product loss, minimizing labor, and lowering fees associated with plastic waste. This aligns with the principle of integrating sustainability into core business strategies to drive long-term value.
We are dedicated to producer responsibility and embedding circular thinking into every solution we provide, recognizing that true sustainability is achieved when all stakeholders actively participate.
COLLABORATIVE CHANGE FOR A MORE
Sustainable future
1. AGRICULTURE & FOOD PRODUCTION
Goal: Prevent food waste at the source
By extending shelf life, we reduce spoilage and help prevent the overproduction of food, saving energy, water, and land, particularly in resource-intensive sectors like livestock. Less food wasted means fewer emissions and less strain on global food systems.
Key Impact: Reduces GHG emissions, protects natural capital, and improves supply chain efficiency. UN Sustainability Goals 2, 11, 12, 13 and 15. This is a better universal reference to highlight the reasons why we do what we do.
2. MANUFACTURERS
Goal: Innovate material solutions
We partner with manufacturers who prioritize sustainability and innovation, actively seeking out new partnerships that allow us to keep up with current and future food processor requirements. From cutting-edge mono-materials or ultra-light films, we tailor packaging to perform and protect food with minimal negative impact.
Key Impact: Supports innovation ecosystems and accelerates sustainable material adoption.
3. DUROPAC & FOODPAK
Goal: Deliver smarter, sustainable packaging solutions
As application-specific packaging experts, we consider product type, handling environment, and end-of-life scenarios. Our design for sustainability and data-driven approach deliver optimal
packaging solutions.
Key Impact: Enhances economic resilience and drives performance through sustainable design.
4. RETAILERS & PROCESSORS
Goal: Implement and educate
We support retailers and processors in selecting packaging that aligns with their needs. Consultation and collaboration are key to getting the best structure for your product, we offer guidance that builds long-term value within organizations.
Key Impact: Builds internal knowledge and empowers clients to lead change across their value chain.
5. RECYCLERS & WASTE MANAGEMENT
Goal: Close the loop through recovery and redesign
We work with recycling partners to understand real-world constraints and opportunities. By designing for recyclability and circularity upfront, we take responsibility for the full life cycle of our packaging and reduce waste.
Key Impact: Promotes systemic change through better design, closing material loops responsibly.
Resources for
Sustainable Packaging
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