What is Environmentally Friendly Packaging?

Environmentally friendly packaging is any packaging material that is considered friendly to the environment, whether it be re-usable - able to be used again, recyclable - recycled for another purpose or reducable - meaning it degrades when in the environment such as landfill or that it has been made from less material with the same or better outcome. Many items are made from recycled material so is also considered friendly to the environment.