One of the prominent global producers of office materials as well as services that assist customers in liberating their time is Office Depot, which is based in Boca Raton, Florida. At present, Office Depot already has 1,677 retail stores worldwide and is now selling to customers in approximately 60 countries. Being environmentally friendly is currently one of their strategies, thus leading to the establishment of their “GreenerOffice Delivery Service”.
With this is mind, Office Depot connected with ORBIS Corporation to create shipping containers, specifically a plastic bin which can be re-used for a good amount of time, and also assuring the safety of the goods until it is efficiently delivered to the customer. They finally decided on a “nestable tote” which is made up of 60% post consumer plastic that is recycled. There, paper bags with office supplies is placed inside and shipped to customers. This kind of shipping container (tote) can be re-used again for other deliveries.
Office Depot’s greener program gives an excellent advantage to customers, ridding them of the hassle of opening boxes, minus the air pillows as well as other delivery materials they need to dispose of after receiving the package. Office Depot looks forward to substituting shipping containers of “5 million boxes with 5 million bags”, which can conserve “3,000 tons of wood equals to 20,000 trees”, giving Mother Nature and the customers’ big smiles on their faces.