Three Types Of Void Fill Packaging Materials

What is Void fill packaging?

Void fill packaging makes use of material like packing peanuts, paper, or air pillows, to fill all the spaces in packages. This eliminates the empty spaces or voids within a package and helps to prevent the packaged item in a box or a container from moving around and possibly causing damage. It prevents packages from shifting, moving, or damaging during transit from one place to another.

Void fill packaging is prominent in most courier or transportation services, so that, if the item or the product that you’re transporting does not get damaged. Usually, void fill paper packaging is used while the transportation of clothing items, delicate knick-knacks, etc.

Types of Void Fill Packaging :

Paper Packaging - It is true that void fill paper packaging creates dust & although reusable, most of the time it gets thrown out and is disposed of whereas you can use it again.

Peanut packaging - Another type of void fill packaging is peanut packaging, which is messy and time-consuming. The time that is spent each day loading stored peanuts, and cleaning up the mess after the work is done creates a whole lot of tidying work. Apart from that, consumers also tend to complain about the mess that comes with the peanut packaging material which you cannot recycle always.

Air Pillows - Air pillows are well-suited for all kinds of protective packaging applications and are also known to be cost-effective. Whenever needed, the air pillows can inflate with a portable system. Air-pillow packaging is a much cleaner and greener solution as compared to paper or peanut shell packaging.

These void filling packagings are also used to compensate for the problems that are created by the existence of unnecessary spaces or voids within a package.

Notable Mention :

Bubble wrap packaging provides superior and long-lasting protection for the products and hence is a notable mention among all the other void fill packaging including air pillows, peanuts, and paper packaging.

Void fill packaging is the best thing to use if you want to deliver your product to your customer is a supreme condition. There’s no hit and miss with this.