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fortune in disposable packaging and never going into landfill.
This is plastic as a solution, not as a problem – the products are sturdy, designed for a specific purpose, and they work within a very carefully designed and managed closed-loop system.
Arguably, this closed-loop system is the most important element of any Reusable Transit Packaging scheme. There must be processes in place for the packaging equipment to be:
- Designed to deliver optimum functionality for
the purpose;
- Delivered to clients at the right time and in
the right quantity and collected when
necessary;
- Cleaned regularly;
- Repaired when needed;
- Checked for wear and tear and assessed for
life-span remaining;
- Collected when they have reached the end of
their useful lives and sent for recycling.
That means that everyone involved – manufacturers, distributors and retailers – must buy-in to the principles of the scheme and accept they have a part to play in ensuring everything runs smoothly.
RTP may not be sexy, but it works – it saves time, it saves transport costs, it saves money and it could just help us save the planet.
RTP may not be sexy, but it works – it saves time, it saves transport costs, it saves money and it could just help us save the planet.