{"id":62260,"date":"2026-02-02T17:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/ukhi-introduces-lower-cost-low-impact-sustainable-packaging-for-fashion-brands-and-e-commerce\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:34:41","slug":"ukhi-introduces-lower-cost-low-impact-sustainable-packaging-for-fashion-brands-and-e-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/ukhi-introduces-lower-cost-low-impact-sustainable-packaging-for-fashion-brands-and-e-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukhi Introduces Lower-Cost, Low-Impact Sustainable Packaging for Fashion Brands and E-commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12 col-xl-12 \">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-7 col-lg-7\"><em><label class=\"label-view\"><b>Ukhi Introduces Lower-Cost, Low-Impact Sustainable Packaging for Fashion Brands and E-commerce<\/b><\/label><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12 col-xl-12 \">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-3 col-lg-3 text-dot-right pr-sm-0\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12 col-xl-12 \">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-7 col-lg-7\">\n<p>For decades, the fashion industry has relied on plastic packaging not because it was ideal\u2014but because there was no better alternative. It protected garments, moved fast, and stayed cheap. The environmental cost was simply ignored.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukhi.com\/recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukhi\u00a0<\/a>believes that trade-off no longer makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the company introduced\u00a0<strong><u>Ecogran<\/u><\/strong>, a biodegradable and compostable packaging material designed for fashion brands and e-commerce at scale\u2014one that delivers\u00a0<strong>lower cost and lower environmental impact<\/strong>\u00a0at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The problem Ukhi is addressing is massive, yet largely invisible. The global fashion industry produces an estimated\u00a0<strong>180 billion polybags every year<\/strong>. Most are used once, rarely recycled, and quietly end up in landfills, oceans, or broken down into microplastics. Over time, these bags have become both an environmental liability and a growing regulatory challenge for brands.<\/p>\n<p>Ukhi started with a simple question:\u00a0<em>What if packaging could disappear\u2014without costing more?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The answer is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ukhi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecogran. A compostable biomaterial engineered for high-volume use<\/a>, Ecogran is made from renewable inputs and designed to fully biodegrade under industrial composting conditions, without leaving toxic residues behind. It looks and performs like plastic\u2014but it isn\u2019t plastic.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, it\u2019s\u00a0<strong>cheaper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In India, conventional\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ukhi.com\/a-global-map-of-single-use-plastic-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polypropylene (PP) bags are required by regulation to be at least\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ukhi.com\/a-global-map-of-single-use-plastic-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>120 microns thick<\/strong><\/a>, increasing material usage and cost. Ecogran-based compostable packaging is not bound by this restriction, allowing manufacturers to use less material while maintaining strength and durability.<\/p>\n<p>The result is a significant shift in economics. A standard\u00a0<strong>13\u201d x 16\u201d plastic carry bag costs between \u20b93.6 and \u20b94.61 per piece<\/strong>. An equivalent Ecogran-based biodegradable bag can cost as low as\u00a0<strong>\u20b91.05 to \u20b92.5 per piece<\/strong>, depending on size and application. Across garment bags and industrial pouches, Ecogran consistently undercuts traditional plastic pricing\u2014while meeting performance standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, sustainability came with a premium,\u201d said a spokesperson for Ukhi. \u201cWe decided that was the wrong problem to accept. With Ecogran, brands don\u2019t have to pay more to do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ecogran is also designed to work with\u00a0<strong>existing plastic manufacturing infrastructure<\/strong>, allowing converters and brands to switch materials without changing machines, processes, or supply chains. The bags are lighter, strong, and durable\u2014reducing transportation costs and improving operational efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>This launch comes at a moment when fashion brands are under increasing pressure\u2014from regulators, from consumers, and from their own sustainability commitments\u2014to reduce single-use plastics. Packaging, long overlooked, is now impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>Industry observers note that cost has been the single biggest barrier preventing compostable materials from scaling. Ukhi\u2019s approach removes that barrier entirely, delivering\u00a0<strong>up to 70\u201380 per cent cost savings<\/strong>\u00a0compared to equivalent plastic formats.<\/p>\n<p>Ukhi plans to scale Ecogran production across India and international markets, working with fashion brands, packaging manufacturers, and e-commerce platforms. The goal is not to create a niche alternative\u2014but to make biodegradable packaging the default.<\/p>\n<p>Because when something is better\u2014and costs less\u2014it doesn\u2019t need convincing. It simply replaces what came before.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/ukhi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ukhi.com\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 \">\n<div class=\"row\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 \">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-4 col-lg-5 text-dot-right pr-sm-0\"><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukhi Introduces Lower-Cost, Low-Impact Sustainable Packaging for Fashion Brands and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1312],"class_list":["post-62260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalinsight.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}