Giving Packaging a New Life/How Its Made: Packaging

The Giving Packaging A New Life and How Its Made episodes outline how certain materials are made, collected, sorted and recycled/reused. These materials include paper/cardboard, tinplate, aluminium, tetrapak, glass and plastic. These videos are a massive insight into the different processes which these material go through so they can be reused.
Recycling is extremely important especially in packaging, because packaging gets thrown out the most. So by recycling materials there will be less waste in our landfills and less waste of raw materials being used.
The Process of recycling tinplate is quite intriguing. Tins can be completly recycled often as desired with out any quality loses. This means that less raw material is used, which is very cost effective and less damaging to the enviroment. The recycled tin also provides about 40% of material in steel production in Germany. The recycled material from tins can also be used to make other products like car bodies or railway lines. This process show that many materials can be recycled to be remade into what it use to be ir something completely different.
As designers we really need to consider how we affect the enviroment with the materials we choose for our designs. Not only will using recyclable materials be environmentally friendly, but it will also be very cost effective. These videos are great for designers, because not only will they teach us about the processes certain materials go through but they also give point out the advantages of recycling and why its important.