Sustainability and environmental protection with self-produced packaging material

“myProduct.at” is an online shop for food, handicrafts and gift ideas from selected Austrian small-scale producers, who operate in an exclusively environmentally friendly manner, in harmony with people, animals and nature. Their product range comprises over 8,000 items from around 500 Austrian producers – ranging from small start-up companies to traditional family businesses. Under the motto “high-quality, regional and personal”, the company founders work daily to supply customers with sustainably made food and handicrafts from Austrian producers. They promote small producers from Austria whose production practices are authentic and responsible, supporting them in the price war against global conglomerates. The founders of “myProduct.at” also see their remit in maintaining and further developing the Austrian product diversity, handcrafting traditions and production knowledge.

The facts

Social responsibility, sustainable management and the conservation of resources have been high on myProduct.at’s agenda from the very beginning. The basic idea of conserving resources concerns not only the producer, but extends all the way through to delivery of the offered goods. The shipping concept of myProduct.at also focuses on sustainability. Especially when it comes to packaging and filling material, the company is striving to makes its operations even more environmentally friendly.

The solution

Based on a recommendation, director Rainer Neuwirth decided to purchase an HSM ProfiPack P425 packaging machine with a dust class M dust extractor from the document shredder and baling press manufacturer HSM GmbH + Co KG in South Germany.

The result

In addition to all the ecological and environmentally friendly aspects, the HSM ProfiPack packaging machine also has financial benefits. Since hardly any external packaging material will need to be purchased in the future, the planned savings amount to around 200 to 300 euros per month.