Plastic is ubiquitous in today's society. A great amount of plastic is specifically flowing into the packaging industry. However, economic and technical limitations cause most plastic packaging to have a linear and unsustainable life, often characterized by a very short use phase.

The Green to Pack programme is comprised of multiple solutions:

- use plastic bags that are 10% thinner to transport clothing. This has allowed the company to send more dense shipments: since more articles fit in each box, less cardboard is needed overall.

- 10% thinner plastic bags used to transport clothing

- Boxes reused up to 5 times before they are recycled

- 101.8 million hangers reused

- 1 billion security tags recycled

- Zara online: 100% of orders are shipped in recycled cardboard boxes and more than 50% of that recycled cardboard comes from Zara own boxes

- In Spain: 100% of boxes are made from recycled cardboard from the company own boxes

Inditex is also raising its standards for the quality of cardboard boxes so they can be reused more times and recycled more easily.