This New Eco-Friendly Packaging Could Reduce Plastic Usage

As a step forward to be more eco-friendly in order to fight climatic change, Sports Interactive has announced that its upcoming game, Football Manager 2020 volition be sold in eco-friendly paper-thin packages thereby reducing the apply of plastic in the packaging of their disc cases.

"We are replacing the plastic box that is typically used across the industry with a reinforced, 100% recycled gatefold cardboard sleeve, made with 100% recycled fibres. ", wrote Miles Jacobson, studio director at Sports Interactive.

The company even changed the ink used for printing on the packaging. They now make use of a vegetable and water-based ink. The manual is made of recycled newspaper and the shrink wrap has also been made recycle-friendly.

These changes in the packaging arrangement, however, comes with an increased toll of 20 cents per unit of measurement. Nonetheless, as Spanish footballer points out in a video released along with the open letter from the company, "if there's no Earth, in that location's no coin to spend". Also, Mr. Jacobson believes that the actress toll will be somewhat balanced taking cheaper distribution costs and destruction costs into consideration.

He also encourages other leading game and entertainment companies to follow their lead to make the earth a improve place by contributing towards reducing pollution and plastic waste matter. "Imagine how much plastic we could relieve, how much landfill we could avoid and how much less plastic would make it into the oceans if we were all doing this?", said Mr. Jacobson.

According to Jacobson, implementing this new packaging methodology volition save 55 grams of plastic per box. That volition translate up to 20 tonnes of plastic annually. This new packaging will see daylight starting this November along with the release of Football Manager 2020.

And so, what practise you lot call up of this new packaging approach? Exercise you remember more companies will follow the footsteps of Sports Interactive? Let us know your thoughts in the comments and do not forget to take a look at the video beneath where Miles Jacobson meets Spanish footballer Hector Bellerin.