Our approach
How we’ve made sustainability our priority
Tyler’s ultimate aim is to achieve net-zero contamination through our packaging. We know that won’t happen overnight, but by producing compostable storage solutions and supplying them to industries that share our commitment to the planet, we’re able to get closer and closer to that goal each and every day.
Traditional packaging production does massive harm to the earth, before and after use. The Tyler approach to sustainability looks at all angles. We consider the materials used, along with the energy and natural resources taken up during production, as well as the ways these impacts can be reduced once products reach the end of their life.
The result: more sustainable compostable packaging that vastly reduces environmental impact. We do this through…
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Pet Sustainability Coalition
As a member of the PSC, we help make the pet industry a safer, greener environment for all. -
100% compostable by 2025
We’re committed to transitioning to 100% recyclable, refillable or compostable packaging by 2025. -
Cradle-to-grave compostables
By breaking down under the right conditions, our packaging goes safely back into the ground after use. -
Better than rigid
Compared to traditional rigid products, our compostable range uses 95% less packaging, for cost-effective storage.
Technology
Tyler Packaging’s Compostable Packaging technology and its role in sustainability.
Talk to us30% Recycled content
To create more demand for recycled plastic, and to maintain our commitment to the circular economy, we’ve developed a range of materials that can include up to 30% recycled plastics from both pre- and post-consumer recyclate.
30% Biobased material
A truly sustainable solution derived from sugarcane production, our polyethylene resin eliminates the need for traditional polymer ones. This makes a significant contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions throughout the chain.
Benefits
Our compostable products aim to help the planet in all sorts of amazing ways.
Tree saving
Switching to compostable could save 1,134 trees grown from 10-year-old seedlings.
Less water use
Our pouches may save the equivalent of 2,920 people showering daily for a year.
Fewer fumes
Together we have the chance to save the same amount as 9 passenger vehicles driven every year.
Reduced miles
Each year, you could contribute to saving a whopping 107,282 miles driven by passenger vehicles each year
Lower power
Businesses who use our recyclable packaging may help save the equivalent of 9 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Gold medal performance
Tyler’s pouches have the potential to save the same amount of water needed to fill 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Less oil
Switching to compostable pouches might save the equivalent of 255 barrels of oil.
Product lifecycle
Our recyclable products follow a cradle-to-cradle solution, a journey that lets the range be used, recycled and re-used again.
Cradle to Cradle
Creating a fully cyclical, everlasting resource from our packaging.
Cradle to Grave
Returning products back to nature after they’ve been used.
Cradle to Gate
Optimising operational processes ahead of transport.
Mass Balance
We tend to take the recycled claims found on product packaging at face value. Unfortunately, such packaging might actually contain little in the way of recycled content. Mass Balance can fully clarify these claims.
- At the beginning of production, used plastic is broken down into molecules. These can then be used on their own, or mixed with raw materials.
- During manufacturing, the two elements mix and become indistinguishable, ready to be turned into containers for food, medicine and more.
- The approach lets companies keep track and make clear the use of materials taken from advanced recycling across their products.
- They can then contribute to a circular ecosystem, reducing doubt around recycled content amounts.
Combating misleading green claims
Suspect sustainability distracts us from real climate crisis issues. As a PSC member, highlighting the problem with greenwashing is essential.
Anti-Greenwashing Directives
Legislation like the UK Green Claims Code and the Empowering Consumers to Green Transition Directive (ECGT) aims to increase the accuracy of terms relating to sustainability and ban unsubstantiated green claims.
What does this mean for you?
- Greater accuracy and transparency
- Increased compliance with eco-friendly certifications
- Avoiding penalties for non-compliance
Extended Producer Responsibility
Easing the financial burden that waste management creates for businesses.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Plastic Packaging Taxes
If you use our products, you’ll be required to pay taxes on the packaging itself. Instead of this being taxpayers’ and local governments’ responsibility, businesses will have to cover the costs of their packaging’s collection, recycling and disposal.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here is how we’ve met the UN SDGs.
Zero Hunger – 44.4%
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Your compostable questions answered
Can’t find the answer you’re looking for?
Fill in the form belowNo, unfortunately not, many papers have plastic coatings to protect the product inside, which makes them not recyclable or compostable.
No, biodegradable bags are not compostable.
Compostable is not the same as recyclable. Recyclable is when you can recycle a product back into itself or another product. Recycling compostable packaging would contaminate the recycling waste stream. Although its organically recyclable and can be recycled with your food waste.
Compostable is when the material degrades under specific conditions into water, carbon dioxide CO2 and biomass.
The raw materials used are certified for home compostable.
The raw materials used are certified for industrial compostable.
No, you should not put biodegradable plastics into your compost.
In the correct conditions, the packaging can break down in as little as 12 weeks for industrial composting.
Always look for the correct designated bin. Compostable packaging needs to be in the right composting conditions in order to break down.
Accreditations and Memberships
Rigorously checked and tested, our products have earned the following industry accreditations.
CONTACT
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