packaging materials

Box-filling protective stuff

Packaging materials are the substances used to wrap, contain, protect, or present products for storage, shipping, or sale.

The term covers a wide range: cardboard boxes, bubble wrap, foam peanuts, shrink wrap, tissue paper, and pallets.

In sustainability discussions, packaging materials often refers specifically to single-use plastics and their alternatives: The company switched to biodegradable packaging materials.

Related

eco friendly · bubble wrap · air pillows · foam · glass · cushioning · protective padding · corrugated · void fill · sealing · metal · dunnage · moisture barriers · food packaging · adhesives · containment · pallets · insulation

Categories
Opposites
container vs. contents

packaging materialscontents

What something holds

product · merchandise · goods · payload · cargo

protection vs. exposure

packaging materialsbulk goods

Products sold in mass

waste/disposable vs. durable/kept

packaging materialsdurable goods

Products built to last

keepsakes

Family

material, package

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G