Sustainability. It's a journey.

Pactix is lucky enough to have taken some steps down the path already.

1. We don't use thermal transfer printers.  Thermal transfer printers use kilometres of thermal transfer ribbon.  These ribbons are disposed of in a landfill, or turned into fuel pellets that can be used as alternative energy. Underwhelming.  Pactix did some rethinking and uses a laser to mark dynamic data into the plastic film.  No consumables used ever (apart from the electricity).  And New Zealand produces around 85% of its electricity from renewables.  As long as it rains.
2. We use post-consumer recycled (PCR) certified materials from our film supplier. PCR material means it has already been recycled before you even use it.  There is still a layer of virgin polyethylene (PE) and ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) between your product and the recycled material, but that is being worked on by Easysnap Technologies S.r.l. as well.  A bit of recycling.
3. Pactix purchased a device that automatically detects where the splice is between rolls of film.  This saves between 1-2% of the total film used as only the immediate area around the splice is wasted, rather than relying on a human to manually decide when to suspend filling and sealing.  Given the fast pace that the Pulsar works at, electronics are way more accurate and don't suspend filling for longer "just to be sure".  Reducing the amount of film used.