SME UK Enterprise Awards 2024/ 112 Best Independent Packaging Manufacturer 2024 - East Anglia & UK Enterprise Social Responsibility Excellence Award 2024 Spectra Packaging For years, plastic has been a key contributor in our environment’s downfall. It’s been filling our oceans, terrorising our wildlife, and taking up far more of our natural resources than necessary. While many have yet to tackle the problem head on, the same can’t be said for the award-winning Spectra Packaging. Proud to stand as the UK’s leading manufacturer of primarily recycled plastic bottles and caps for some of the cosmetics industry’s most discernible companies, Spectra Packaging is bringing about a change that just may be the key to healing our planet one step at a time. Entering onto the scene in 2008, Spectra Packaging has spent its tenure building itself into a reputable plastic bottle and caps manufacturer whose presence can now be seen across many of the UK’s most distinguishable high-street brands. From Lush Cosmetics to Boots, M&S, Molton Brown, and Liz Earle, Spectra Packaging has become the go-to solution provider, not just for these industry giants, but for new start-up brands too. By combining innovation and sustainability, the company has onboarded quite the reputation – a reputation that it promises to live up to each and every day. Privately owned and boasting a self-funded business model, Spectra Packaging operates from its 104,000 sq. ft manufacturing site in Suffolk – a facility that was purpose-built to champion eco-consciousness on an impressive scale. Equipped with 1,700 solar panels, the latest energyefficient machinery, and recycled materials imbedded into the building structure, Spectra Packaging has specifically formed itself around its sustainable mindset. This can be further witnessed through its product offerings, the likes of which focus on the use of recycled materials, empowered by the hopes of bestowing its environmentally responsible knowhow onto its nationwide clientele. When one thinks of plastics, they may be compelled to imagine the ocean. It’s common knowledge that much of our discarded plastic has ended up polluting what should be pristine waters, ultimately damaging the endemic ocean life in the process. Spectra Packaging, however, has wholeheartedly embraced the use of Prevented Ocean Plastics in its products. Essentially, this sees Spectra taking in discarded plastics gathered near waterways and ocean shores in regions that don’t have access to established recycling infrastructures, and transforming them to suit its customers’ needs. Through this programme alone, Spectra has already managed to drastically minimise the environmental impact of plastic waste, while simultaneously contributing to local recycling infrastructures, employment opportunities, and community development. In supporting such an incredible initiative, Spectra Packaging demonstrates the extent of its dedication toward a more sustainable future for the plastics industry. Responsible packaging solutions are beyond feasible, and no company has outlined this notion more effectively than Spectra Packaging. Driven by its mission to lead the market toward a more sustainable future, Spectra Packaging is a shining example of an independent entity that’s using its position in the industry to make a real difference. Aligned with a global focus on environmental responsibility, the company is prepared to go out of its way to promote the use of recycled plastic, hoping that its influence can help others to recognise the boundless potential that lies with reused plastic. For far too long we’ve been clogging up our oceans with waste, and it’s time to make a change. Spectra Packaging has set an example, and one can only hope that others follow suit in the pursuit of a cleaner, greener future for packaging industry. Here at SME News, we are always overjoyed to discover collectives that, despite small beginnings, have grown into meaningful companies that are determined to spread hope of a better tomorrow for our planet. Spectra Packaging is one such collective – one that, through both its practises and its attitude, has already gotten a foothold in pivoting the industry in a better direction. In doing so, it’s more than earned itself a position in the UK Enterprise Awards 2024, and we hope its message continues to resonate with the cosmetics industry’s giants in the years to come. Contact: Mark Kingston Company: Spectra Packaging Web Address: https://www.spectra-packaging.co.uk/
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