Score with consumers and the environment with compostable air cushion protection

Problem identified – and banished to the compost bin*

The PlantWave air cushions from AirWave can be easily composted and thus disposed of cleanly. End consumers will appreciate this as there is definitely no packaging waste for internet shopping deliveries, which cause rubbish bins to overflow. Online retailers can also score with their customers in terms of environmental awareness. For example, the consumer only has to crumple the packaging and throw the film into the compost bin*. Disposal could not be easier or more environmentally friendly.

Raw materials free of genetic engineering for biological harmlessness

GMO stands for "genetically modified organism". PlantWave by AirWave is GMO-free and therefore does not contain any genetically modified organisms or parts thereof, vitamins, enzymes or flavours that have been produced with the help of genetic engineering.

Regrowing raw materials for growing areas of use

Airwaves's sales figures prove it: The trend towards bio transport protection is unstoppable. It is mainly smaller online retailers who differentiate themselves using the bio-film and positively influence the shopping experience for the customer. The "near-natural bio-industry" is no longer the only sector to use bio-film. Medications, animal needs, bags, cosmetics, textiles and many classes of products are increasingly protected and shipped in bio-packaging. In addition, of course, food feels particularly good between the bio-film when shipped. Everything resulting from the idea of Fair Trade is predestined for biodegradable film. But even acrylic nails, bicycle bells or sat-navs arriving are better accepted by the consumer if the packaging material in the parcels is "green".

Beware of "sham green packaging" - oxobiodegradable films banned

Like everywhere in the bio-sector, there is also a large number of black sheep in the market for bio-films. So the case here is: not everything with Bio on it also has Bio in it. Some suppliers sell normal HDPE films as biodegradable. Due to the addition of chemical substances, the so-called oxo-biodegradable films do decompose through biological factors such as oxygen or sunlight - but only into plastic fragments that are invisible to the human eye - the so-called nanoparticles. However, these still remain in the ecocycle and can migrate invisibly into the human food chain via a wide variety of routes - with unforeseeable consequences. Recycling such oxobiodegradable films is impossible. The legislator has recognized this and for this reason these OXO films will be banned from July 2021 also in Europe.
Responsible dispatchers should therefore carefully check what is hidden behind the bio-label.

The only bio-provider even for small purchase quantities

AirWave is the only provider on the market which can supply the 100% biologically degradable film made from potato starch cheaply, even in small quantities. Even small container amounts are available at low prices. Although these costs are more than for normal air cushions, the additional cost per metre of film is not even one cent, which means that the additional costs per parcel are extremely low. In general, the PlantWave air cushion wrapper is always cheaper in perspective. If ever more dispatchers convert and the quantity relationships change, the price spiral will also drop even further in the medium-term. This means: By choosing PlantWave, each dispatcher can give a signal in the right direction.

Entries into the bio air cushion packaging

Airwave has several air cushion systems, which make entry into bio-deliveries simple.

 *subject to national regulations