Compostable mailers
PLA+PBAT film or paper-based mailers for brands that want the parcel to end in a compost stream — with the certificate number to back the word on the bag.
PLA+PBAT60 μm typicalflexo ≤2 colors
EU PPWR applies 2026-08-12 · 39 days out · switching suppliers? start sampling now
Sustainable shipping packaging, minus the green paint.
Foldveil makes compostable mailers, paper cushioning and mono-material shippers for growing DTC brands — at MOQs sized for a first test order, with claims you could hand to a regulator.
Digital-print samples in 5–7 days · production 15–25 days · quotes include full-container load counts, not just unit price.
Claims policy
We only claim what we can document.
Certification status depends on the specific partner factory that runs your order, so we verify it per factory and per production run — and share certificate numbers with your quote. Until a certificate number exists, we won't call a product compostable, recycled, or anything else we can't prove. No “eco-friendly” stickers here.
- EN 13432industrial compostability, EU — verified per factory, cert no. shared at quote
- ASTM D6400industrial compostability, US — verified per factory, cert no. shared at quote
- TÜV OK compost HOMEhome compostability — verified per factory, cert no. shared at quote
- FSC CoCpaper chain of custody — verified per factory, cert no. shared at quote
- GRSrecycled content — verified per factory, cert no. shared at quote
- EU PPWRcompliance technical file supplied with EU orders
What we make
Start with the format your parcels actually need.
Three families, each made to your spec — size, print and film weight are yours to choose. Mixed sizes can count toward one MOQ; ask.
Paper cushioning
Honeycomb wrap, paper void fill and paper tape — the straight swap for bubble wrap when you're moving to a single, kerbside-recyclable material stream.
honeycomb wrap120 gsm typicalkraft / white
Mono-material mailers
100% recycled PE or all-paper shippers. One material, one recycling stream — the simplest route to a good PPWR recyclability grade for EU-bound parcels.
100% recycled PEall-paperGRS-verifiable
Design studies
How we think about a parcel, drawn out
Concept studies from our own drawing board — dielines, print approaches and material choices for imagined briefs. None of these are client projects; when we have real ones, they'll say so.
Concept study: full-bleed compostable mailer for a skincare DTC brand
Full-coverage flexo on PLA+PBAT film without losing the compostability certification path — ink coverage, seal-strip placement and a disposal-instruction panel sized for a 260 × 350 mm mailer.
PLA+PBAT260 × 350 mmflexo 2 colors
Concept study: paper-only protective pack for a ceramics studio
Replacing bubble wrap with honeycomb sleeves and paper void fill in one kerbside-recyclable stream — wrap geometry and carton fit worked out for mugs and small bowls.
honeycomb 120 gsmsingle streamno tape-over-plastic
Concept study: mono-material shipper for an EU-bound apparel brand
A 100% recycled PE mailer specced for a clean PPWR recyclability story: one polymer, one print system, and a size cut to the folded-garment grid to stop shipping air.
100% recycled PEPPWR-mindedsize-to-garment
Low MOQ, in practice
A first order of 500–5,000 units is our normal, not an exception.
Big plants quote you politely and never call back. Here's exactly how an order unfolds with us — four folds, no surprises.
Send your specs
Size, quantity, print — that's all we need to quote. Have a dieline? Even better. Don't? We'll draw one with you.
Quote with container math
Packaging ships by volume, not weight. Your quote includes cartons-per-pallet and full-container load counts, so freight doesn't eat the savings.
Sample in 5–7 days
Digital-print sample in 5–7 days; the sample fee is credited to your first order. Pantone targets confirmed in writing before any press runs.
Produce and ship
Production typically 15–25 days, sea freight to EU/US around 30–40 days. Promised dates include buffer — we'd rather beat them.
Regulation, translated
PPWR is the deadline. Consider this the homework.
- The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation starts applying on 2026-08-12, replacing the old directive with rules that bind in every member state.
- It pushes packaging minimisation, recyclability grading, and restrictions on certain plastic formats — which is why EU-bound brands are re-sourcing packaging right now.
- As your supplier, we provide the compliance technical documentation your EU obligations require, alongside the packaging itself.
- In the US, state EPR programs (California, Oregon, Colorado and more) are phasing in reporting duties with fees tied to recyclability.
Our regulatory explainers always state effective dates and scope. They are not legal advice.
What actually drives the cost of e-commerce packaging
Two quotes for the same mailer can differ wildly — and it is almost never margin. Material and thickness, size, print method, order structure and freight are the five levers that set your packaging cost. Learn how each one works and how to write a spec that gets you a sharp, comparable quote.
EU PPWR: what e-commerce brands need to do before 2026 bites
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation applies from 12 August 2026, with obligations phasing in over the years that follow. A calm, mechanism-level guide to what actually changes for e-commerce packaging — recyclability grading, empty space, labelling, recycled content — and how a brand should prioritise. Not legal advice.
Compostable, recyclable or mono-material — which mailer is right for your brand?
Compostable film, recycled PE and all-paper mailers each route to a different disposal stream — and that stream, not the label, decides whether the pack delivers on its promise. A practical guide to matching material to product category, plus the claims you should refuse to pay for.
Three things get you a real number.
Quotes move fastest when we have the essentials. Everything else — material advice, print setup, freight math — is our job.