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“The vendors in the global corrugated pallets market will invest significantly in the development of new pallets by adopting various new technologies, such as equipment tracking and enhancing their production capacity. In addition, vendors are also offering corrugated pallet pooling services on a large scale for their customers,” says Sharan Raj, a lead warehouse and storage research analyst from Technavio.
new on video
Container Exchanger has been finding new homes for used reusables for over 12 years. It posted some videos this month, including this one.
Loadhog's pallet lid animation.
Since being posted on June 18, this video has been viewed over 51,000 times.
How Global Trends Are Shaping the Urgency for Reusable Packaging Systems
Single-use packaging and a throwaway culture have led to waste crises at a global scale. Speaking at PACK EXPO 2018 International in Chicago, Tim Debus, CEO of the Reusable Packaging Association took a global perspective, exploring how macro trends are directing us towards a more systems-based approach to designing and managing packaging.
Climate Change
“There is no doubt we are seeing some rapidly changing conditions out there,” Debus remarked.
“Higher average temperatures, the severity of storms, new regions exposed to droughts, rising sea levels, and flooding–the urgency for action is now heightened.”
The Earth has already warmed 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) since the 19th century. Now, a major new United Nations report has looked at the consequences of jumping to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius. According to U.S. EPA, about 42 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are created in the process of extracting resources, producing goods, disposing of waste, and transporting materials at every stage of that process.