Hikvision increases sustainability
Hikvision Increases Sustainability
Hikvision is constantly striving to increase the sustainability of their operations. They are using biodegradable and recyclable materials for packaging, ensuring they can minimise waste and protect the environment.
At Hikvision, they are striving to reduce their own carbon footprint as an organization at every stage with green product development and manufacturing processes. One of the ways that Hikvision is increasing the sustainability of their operations is by ensuring that all packaging for products is as eco-friendly as possible. In practice, this means continually refining packaging to maximize the use of green, biodegradable materials, and to eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other non-biodegradable materials that have a negative environmental impact.
Below are three key examples of how Hikvision is making their packaging greener, they are making comparisons between traditional packaging materials and approaches, and their new, eco-friendly packaging.
1) Removing plastic film from product boxes
With conventional packaging, cardboard boxes are covered with ink-printed, non-biodegradable plastic film. With Hikvision’s new eco-friendly packaging – which is already being used for our Ultra Series and Pro Series cameras – we eliminate the plastic film altogether and use less ink on the outside of all boxes. This results in packaging that is biodegradable, and recyclable.
2) Eliminating EPE foam from inside product boxes
Packaging for multiple Hikvision product lines now use folded cardboard to cushion products inside boxes, instead of non-biodegradable EPE foam. This provides the same high level of protection for products during transportation, while also removing the negative environmental impacts of waste EPE foam.
3) Using biodegradable materials, including polylactic acid, for protecting products inside boxes
Hikvision is replacing plastic and other conventional packaging materials inside product boxes with biodegradable, recyclable polylactic acid polyester material, which is made from refined glucose or sucrose from plant sources. Hikvision is using polylactic acid to make ‘dust bags’ and other protective packaging that is needed for products inside cardboard boxes. Paper is also increasingly taking the place of plastic for small cable envelopes and other packaging elements inside boxes.
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