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# Sustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: Linksmart’s reusable security seals
- URL: https://packaging-europe.ghost.io/sustainability-awards-2023-finalist-interview-linksmarts-reusable-security-seals/
- Published: 2023-07-19T10:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-22T21:10:43.000Z
- Author: Packaging Europe staff writers
- Tags: Sustainability Awards, Comment, Sustainability, #layout-s, #type-article, #packaging-europe, #Import 2026-09-08 15:47

**Next in our Finalist Interview series for the Sustainability Awards is** [**Linksmart**](http://www.linksmartdna.com/?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) **with its reusable security seals. We spoke to the company about this entry, which has been nominated in the commercialized E-commerce category.**

**You’re a finalist in the Sustainability Awards 2023\. Congratulations! To start off, could you summarize your entry, in less than 50 words?**

Reusability for transport packaging is maturing but security packaging remains single-use. Traditionally reusability and security has been mutually exclusive. Our reusable security seals based on non-destructive tamper-evident technology is a fundamental technology innovation enabling transformational change. An average size logistic firm potentially saves 2 million USD in cost, 500 tons of single-use virgin plastic and 900 tons of CO2 for recurring manufacturing of new seals.

**Why do you think the judges were impressed with your entry? Tell us about what is innovative about your project and/or about its impact on packaging sustainability.**

It is rare to find sustainability projects that also render significant cost savings, operational efficiency, immediate ROI \[Return On Investment\] and overall enhanced value proposition. Also, it no longer remains an innovation; it has matured as a real-life product with a performance-certified roadmap for global manufacturing and mass industrial adoption. Our reusable security seals fall among such rare sustainability projects and this could have attracted the judging panel.

**How has your innovation/initiative been received?**

It is already being used country-wide in a fully paid pilot with a major e-commerce player. Their feedback has been very helpful. In the meantime, it has been performance certified by [TÜV Nederland](https://www.tuv.nl/nl/home/?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) and matured for licensing for global manufacturing. In our portfolio there are multiple variants of reusable seals developed to suit versatile delivery use cases including hyperlocal deliveries, last mile B2C \[Business to Consumer\] deliveries or return pickup with virtually zero packaging cost. So overall the project has organically matured.

![Linksmart reusable seals](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/60/61607b5b-1c0b-4249-a886-4bc4c284c107/content/images/d2wrwj382xgrci-cloudfront-net/Pictures/2000xany/4/9/7/12497_linksmartreusableseals_782848.png)

A graphic of Linksmart’s reusable seals.

**You’re shortlisted for the E-Commerce category. What do you see as the key demands and challenges in relation to packaging for the direct-to-consumer channel?**

Virtually zero cost security packaging for last mile delivery and return pickup along with mid-mile bulk transport is something that will be equally important for D2C \[Direct to Consumer\] logistics as well. Reusable seal technology is fundamental enabler.

**What do you think are the main opportunities in this area or what future innovations do you predict in this area?**

With emergence of non-destructive tamper evident technology, multiple forms of reusable (and returnable) secondary packaging will be developed not only for e-commerce/postal/couriers but for other specialised logistics businesses. Returns have been a major issue in reusable adoption but fortunately reusable seals return along with reusable bags, so these issues become irrelevant.

***The winners of the Sustainability Awards 2023 will be announced at the Sustainable Packaging Summit, which takes place in Amsterdam on 14-15 November. The Summit mobilizes leaders of the FMCG value chain, policymakers, NGOs, recyclers and investors to collaborate, remove barriers and identify opportunities on the road to sustainable transformation.***

***To learn more or register, visit*** [***https://www.packagingsummit.earth/amsterdam2023/***](https://www.packagingsummit.earth/amsterdam2023/?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io)***.***