Flexible Packaging Offers Significant Sustainability Benefits for e-Commerce Applications

E-commerce is a growing economic segment, experiencing a 14.9% growth rate in 2019 in the U.S. It is expected to maintain annual growth rates of approximately 13% through 2023. The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) conducted several real-world e-commerce application case studies showing that flexible packaging, when compared to other package formats, has significantly better environmental attributes for greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel usage, and water usage.