Hector & Bert is focussed on producing environmentally friendly gift wrap. To achieve this, we have used our decades of print industry knowledge and looked carefully at our materials, print processes and our packaging.
We have chosen sustainably managed uncoated paper and card from certified forests.
We have built a robust supply chain and ensured our suppliers have environmentally credentials to be proud of. Thanks to our founders’ lengthy print industry careers we have a fantastic insight into what steps printers can take (beyond vegetable based inks, which seems to be one of the major boasts of our competitors). Here are some of the steps our printers take to ensure we produce environmentally friendly gift wrap:
A plastic polybag would have been the cheapest and easiest way of packaging our environmentally friendly gift wrap, but that would have been a major fail as far as we are concerned! Therefore we took time to develop a paper sleeve to hold the wrapping paper and matching gift tags. We managed to design a ‘Maltese Cross’ style sleeve that protects our beautiful wrapping paper and does not require any gluings to hold it together. We simply seal the pack using the required Amazon ‘ASIN’ label. We sampled different paper weights to ensure our packaging wasn’t unnecessarily thick; after all its destined to go straight into the recycling once its served its purpose.