Product Submission Policy

Product listings are reviewed editorial records of a real packaging product. They are not direct member advertisements or automatically published catalogue entries. An approved membership with an available Product Listing allowance is required to submit.

Required product information

Provide a factual title, a short summary, a product overview, the real company name, its official HTTPS website, an official product specification or announcement, the material and format, relevant interests and submission consent. Include the actual size, capacity or product identifier where supported.

Describe applications, features, regional availability and operating limitations only to the extent supported by the sources. Distinguish base material from coating, lining or barrier. Attribute manufacturer statements rather than presenting them as independent test results. Leave unknown information blank.

Evidence and environmental claims

Use original manufacturer documentation, official reports or other primary evidence. Record the source title, issuer, date, URL and relevant page or section so editors can check the exact claim. A reference to a company website alone does not establish performance.

For certification or standards claims, identify the scheme, issuing organization, identifier, validity and product or site scope supported by evidence. Do not infer that a whole company or product range is certified from a single example. Do not infer biodegradability, compostability, local recyclability, PFAS status or legal compliance from a material name or unsupported marketing claim.

Images and rights

Provide an official image source URL and rights-holder credit with permission or licence information. Members cannot upload files in this phase. The system does not automatically retrieve remote images. An editor may add a permitted image after checking the rights and the product shown. A concept illustration must be labeled and must not be represented as a photograph of the exact product.

Disclosures and public links

Disclose your relationship with the company and any funding, employment, client or commercial interests relevant to the listing. Public links are selected by editors. A company website and an official product or report link may be used where appropriate; submitting a URL does not guarantee that it will appear or receive a particular link attribute.

Review, publication and allowance

Draft → Submitted → Under Review → Revision Requested / Approved / Rejected → Published. Members save private drafts and submit them for human editorial review. Editors can request changes, approve or reject them. Approval does not itself publish the listing.

Only the first successful publication of the submission consumes one Product Listing allowance. A rejection or draft does not. Approved revisions to the same published record do not consume another allowance. Used allowances are not returned or reset when a listing is removed. Fixed lifetime totals do not renew annually.

Membership provides submission privileges. It does not guarantee publication, positive coverage, dofollow links or ranking. The Membership Policy, Sources / Citation Policy and Editorial Policy also apply.

Submitting and following feedback

The public editorial mailbox is not yet enabled. Approved members can prepare and submit content through the Member Dashboard and read private editorial feedback under Submission Status. This is a content-submission workflow, not a general email, reader-correction or privacy-request service. No temporary mailbox is offered.

Reviewed 15 October 2026.