New Cruz Cool Inner Insulation Layer Provides Compostable Cold Chain Packaging Option

PackageIt Team • January 31, 2025

The stakes are high when you’re shipping items that are sensitive to temperature changes. It doesn’t matter if you’re delivering gourmet seafood, pharmaceuticals, or skin care products. Whatever you’re shipping in variable temperatures, a cold shipping packaging solution is a must if you want to see your customers happy.


But here’s the kicker:


There’s no longer a place for wasteful and single-use packaging. With clients demanding more environmentally friendly options, you need a sustainable packaging solution that protects and insulates throughout the shipping timeline.

Luckily, we’re here to give you such an option, and it’s none other than Cruz Cool.


Cruz Cool is one of the latest temperature control packaging materials offered through PackageIt designed to protect your goods and the environment. With its cutting-edge performance and eco-friendly design, you’ll benefit from premium impact and temperature protection.


It gets better:


With Cruz Cool’s compostable design, you’ll be doing your part in reducing waste — all while keeping your goods fresh and your customers happy.


Your Cold Chain Packaging Choice Matters to Your Customers and the Environment

We’ve all heard the saying:


“You get what you pay for.”


And when it comes to temperature-controlled shipping, cutting corners on packaging can be a costly mistake. From spoiled food to compromised vaccines, poor packaging choices can result in product loss, unhappy customers, and potential damage to your brand’s reputation.


However, there’s more to effective cold shipping than just getting your perishable products from point A to B. The other side of the packaging problem is the waste that it leaves behind. Each year, over 90 million kilograms of waste accumulate in landfills and bodies of water worldwide, and much of it comes from e-commerce businesses.


What You Need Is a Sustainable Cold Shipping Packaging Solution

When you’re trying to keep your customers and the environment happy, your temperature-controlled shipping packaging solution needs to have the following qualities:

  • Fast assembly
  • Durability
  • Long-duration thermal protection
  • Compostability

Luckily, we at PackageIt offer numerous custom packaging and temperature-controlled shipping solutions.

And part of our latest lineup of sustainable and durable packaging options is Cruz Cool.

What Sets Cruz Cool Apart?

Temperature Control packaging

Cruz Cool is one of our most innovative and environmentally friendly temperature-controlled shipping offerings, boasting all the qualities you want in a packaging solution. Cruz Cool consists of Cruz Foam, which is an industrially compostable material derived from 70% repurposed food waste.


Recycled, durable, and compact, Cruz Cool is the real deal when it comes to sustainable temperature-controlled packaging. With its design and composition, you as a business owner, product manager or e-commerce store owner can look forward to the following benefits:

Top-Tier Thermal Protection

One of the biggest problems for many is finding packaging that keeps goods cool longer. Unfortunately, nearly all options can provide only up to 24 hours of temperature control.


This is where Cruz Cool outshines the competition.

With insulation that keeps contents cold for at least 48 hours, Cruz Cool outperforms many industry standards. Whether it’s gourmet meal kits or frozen meat subscriptions, you can rest easy knowing your shipments will arrive fresh even if they’ve been in cold storage for more than a day.


Hassle-Free Assembly

Putting packaging together is another major (but overlooked) problem for many businesses. If you’re witnessing surging downtime due to package assembly, look no further than Cruz Cool.


Thanks to its intuitive four-panel design, Cruz Cool goes from flat-packed to fully assembled in under five seconds. As a result, assembly is fast and hassle-free — no liners, no fuss.


Dimensions for Every Shipping Need

Cruz Cool is available in 14” x 10” x 10” dimensions. But does that mean you need to settle for a one-size-fits-all solution? The answer is no.


Like our custom boxes, there’s a tailor-made solution for every application and need, so don’t worry if you’re looking for packaging that’s made to your specifications.



Cruz Cool’s Sustainability X-Factor: Compostability

What really makes Cruz Cool a cut above its competitors is its compostability even in home environments.

Unlike many temperature-controlled packaging options, Cruz Cool has earned an ASTM D6400/EN13432 certification, which is only given to products that are easily biodegradable.


The certification means that Cruz Cool is easily compostable even in home environments. What does this mean for you?

It means that, with Cruz Cool, not only are you keeping goods cold, but you’re also actively reducing your environmental footprint.

Make the Cool Switch: Contact Our Experts Today

It’s out with the polystyrene and in with the Cruz Foam. And if you’re looking to protect your packages and please your pro-planet patrons, look no further than Cruz Cool.


At PackageIt, we carry products like Cruz Cool to ensure you have access to the latest and greatest in eco-friendly packaging.


Contact our experts today, and let’s talk about keeping your customers happy and your environmental impact low. We’ll help you find the perfect solution.

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