Sustainable Sausage Packaging for Adhesives and Sealants
Though the construction industry has been slow to adopt the use of adhesives and sealants packaged in sausages, advantages for sustainability and efficiency abound.
Despite all the discussion and debate in society over reducing our waste and carbon footprint, sausage packages (also known as chubs) for adhesives and sealants continue to gain little support in the building industry—even though their reduced packaging and low waste factor represent a step change in sustainability. Quick math shows that a 10-oz sausage brings just 3% of the waste footprint of a 10-oz single-use plastic cartridge, representing a massive reduction.
How is it possible that the sausage could make such a difference? The foil film used in sausage manufacturing is much thinner (by 76%) than the extruded single-use plastic required to make tubes and cartridges, even while remaining tough and substantial enough to resist puncture and tearing. So what might keep people from switching to sausage packaging?