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Product Spotlight- WowWallet with window (wedding)

This month our product spotlight is the WowWallet with Window (Wedding)

This is perfect for photographers wanting small quantites, and something that can be edited to suit each client.

The pack includes:

• Professionally printed disc, with your branding/contact details on.
• Wowwallet with window which is made out of white recycled board.
• A pack of blank pre die cut booklet sheets which YOU print as and when you need them, on your own printer so you can make each one individual to suit your clients needs.


Want more information?

Visit our website or call us on 01274 301410

 

Introducing the Seedcard

We are pleased to announce a new product called SeedCard!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The SeedCard is a bespoke business card printed on 100% recycled board and filled with rocket (lettuce) seeds,  (other varieties to become available), developed to make you memorable with your clients and prospects, 

Just think, every time your prospect tends the seeds they could think of you! Your SeedCard Business card could leave a very long-lasting impression.

 Hope we have sown a seed of interest; please ring our sales team for more information on
01274 301410

Wewow announce launch of Bio-degradable CD Clam Shell!

After a busy Climate Week, during which wewow have been working hard on the WOW [War on Waste] Campaign, we are pleased to announce the launch of the world’s first and greenest CD/DVD clamshell.

WowClamShell is 100% bio-degradable and is produced entirely within West Yorkshire (saving thousands of CO2 miles).  The eco-friendly, bio-degradable WowClamShell is available exclusively from wewow.co.uk.  Further information will be made available in the coming weeks but in the meantime, contact wewow if you are interested in purchasing bio-degradable CD/DVD clam shells.

We are also keen to use our unique bio-degradable material to produce other packaging products so if you are looking for something specific or you have exact requirements, we’d love to hear from you!

wewow launch War On Waste campaign – Climate Week 2011

wewow have seized the opportunity to raise awareness of climate change and the positive changes that can be made if companies and individuals work together to reduce their carbon emissions and waste.

During Climate Week 2011, wewow will be launch their WOW campaign:
War On Waste

Throughout the week, wewow will be encouraging local printers and finishers to reduce the amount of waste they produce by finding innovative ways to re-use and upcycle waste materials, such as waste board from print runs.

wewow will take the lead by producing out of waste board, donated to us by a local printer, 3,000 bespoke boxes for a London-based charity.  The charity will be receiving 3,000 high-quality boxes free of charge and wewow will have successfully diverted a large amount of unwanted board from landfill!

wewow’s innovative upcycling will continue throughout the week as we endeavour innovate a number of new packaging solutions which can be produced from waste materials!

This is just the beginning of the WOW campaign as wewow will continue to promote the message of reuse, reduce, recycle throughout the year.

WOW your clients with a re-usable, zero waste promotional calendar

The WowCalendar is almost too good to be true!  An eye-catching, premium quality promo calendar that creates absolutely no waste and places your brand in front of your clients for the next 12 months.

The WowCalendar is produced from 100% recycled card and has been cleverly crafted to allow for each month’s page to be folded and glued into a CD card wallet, branded with your company logo.  Only a tiny amount of card is left over and this can be re-used any way you like, so get your creative hats on…how about a recycled bookmark?  There is also a small metal fastener attached to the calendar which can be re-used again and again.  Our minimum order for the WowCalendar is just 10 units, perfect for sending to your key customers.

Don’t delay.  Ditch the disposable promo calendar this year and grab a re-usable WowCalendar!  With just five weeks to go until Christmas get your orders in now to make sure your branded calendars reach your clients before the New Year!

10 Bands, 10 Eco-Friendly WowWallets, 10 Minutes

wewow are offering bands the chance to win eco-friendly CD packaging for their band, to mark the environmental awareness day of 10:10:10.

 

Bands and musicians can enter the competition via wewow’s specialist eco-friendly packaging website; weEco.co.uk, by simply uploading their artwork with a short registration form.  Ten lucky bands will then be picked at random and will receive 10 WowWallets printed on recycled or salvaged board.  The wallets are ideal for limited edition releases and reduce carbon emissions by over 13%, when compared with a CD jewel case.

 

The 10:10 campaign is a ground-breaking initiative which is raising awareness of environmental issues and encouraging individuals, companies and organisations to cut their carbon emissions by 10% in the next year.  wewow support the 10:10 campaign and will be using the 10th October 2010 to encourage the music industry to cut their carbon emissions by over 10% by choosing eco-friendly CD packaging instead of plastic packaging solutions.

Creative CD packaging made from recycled cereal boxes

Following our previous post, here's a bit of inspiration for recycling cereal boxes into CD and DVD cases...make use of the die cut windows in cereal boxes or even the colourful print to create truly unique & sustainable packaging for your discs!

Life Cycle Assessment of wewow’s WowWallet reveals potential for huge carbon savings.

 

wewow launched the unique WowWallet concept in 2009, meeting customer demands for eco-friendly CD and DVD packaging.  Since then, wewow have strived to constantly improve the sustainability of the WowWallet in order to provide their customers with the most environmentally CD/DVD packaging solution possible.

This year wewow commissioned a life-cycle-assessment of the CD and DVD WowWallet designs to ascertain the carbon emissions of the WowWallet and provide customers with a reliable comparison between the plastic CD Jewel Case and DVD Case and the WowWallet.

The findings of the LCA were astounding with a massive 244KG of carbon being saved for every 1,000 CD WowWallets that are used instead of the plastic jewel case.  Likewise, it was demonstrated that the DVD case reduced carbon emissions by a whopping 240KG on a run of 1,000 DVDs, when used instead of the DVD case.

The potential impact upon the entertainment and music industries is astonishing; potentially 2803.7KG of CO2e could be saved if 10% of the 115 million CDs sold in the UK annually were packaged in the WowWallet.  If the entertainment industry takes heed and packages just 10% of the DVDs sold in the UK annually, the potential carbon savings are as high as 4884KG CO2e.

Therefore it is clear that if the optical media industry is committed to reducing the environmental impact of physical CD and DVD release, there must be a shift away from plastic CD and DVD packaging.  In its place card based packaging will provide the appropriate protection and presentation of CDs and DVDs whilst minimizing the impact of disc packaging upon the environment.

Eco-friendly Paper…FSC Accredited vs. Recycled Stock?

Using card or paperboard to create your CD or DVD packaging is a great step towards producing a sustainable media project.  However, the wide range of ‘eco-friendly’ options available to your may seem overwhelming at first!

In the past we have discussed the difference between using virgin card and recycled card but your ‘green’ options are not limited to recycled cardboard.

Recycled stock may seem like the obvious choice – it utilizes waste material and therefore diverts waste paper from landfill.  However, the process through which paper is recycled is key.  In the past, people have been concerned that recycled paper is not that eco-friendly because harmful pollutants are required in order to bleach the paper pulp.  Fortunately, new methods exist which have the ability to bleach paper whilst only releasing water and oxygen into the atmosphere.  Other methods include ‘de-inking’ which simply disperses the ink throughout the paper.  Recycled cardboard can add to the aesthetics of your DVD/CD packaging design since it is available in a range of textures and colours.

Alternatively, you could opt for FSC accredited stock.  FSC accreditation gives you complete assurance that the paper/card used for your project is not harming the environment since FSC paper comes from sustainable and well-managed forests.  So you can your CD/DVD packaging from high-quality virgin paper whilst still being environmentally responsible.

In actual fact, it is often difficult to distinguish between virgin and recycled stock in terms of quality so the decision often just comes down to the overall look and feel you are seeking for your CD or DVD project.  If you are unsure of the options available to you then seek advice from your supplier.  They will be able recommend a stock which is most suitable for your requirements and provide you with a number of samples to help you make a decision.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on FSC Accredited vs. Recycled Paperboard so please post your comments.  Which do you prefer?

 

  Recycled Stock              FSC Accredited

9.9.9…Eco-packaging emergency

Do you have an eco-packaging emergency? Don’t despair weEco.co.uk is here!

  

 

 

 

With the demand for environmentally-friendly media packaging solutions mounting, wewow Ltd. are launching a dedicated eco-division to major in the development of eco-friendly media packaging! On 9/9/9 wewow will launch weEco.co.uk.

  

 

 

As wewow’s packaging range continues to wow their clients, weEco will become the home of the best eco-packaging in the industry. With a portfolio which includes the hugely successful WowWallet and WowPak, weEco will be an unmissable showcase of wewow’s and weEco’s growing packaging range.

  

In addition to an impressive range of printable, eco-friendly media packaging solutions and ‘off-the-shelf’ products, weEco will offer a unique product design service.  Clients who are looking for a bespoke eco-packaging solution can commission weEco to design a new product, which will specifically address their environmental, commercial and design requirements.