{"id":6384,"date":"2014-07-01T07:11:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T12:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=6384"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:17:38","slug":"carton-board-pallets-crates-a-greener-approach-saves-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/carton-board-pallets-crates-a-greener-approach-saves-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Carton board pallets and crates-a greener approach that saves green"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carton board<\/a> is 40-year-old logistics solution that is the future of now. It’s another Scandinavian obscurity that makes perfect sense on a “normal” level. It’s time to learn more.<\/p>\n

A greener approach to packing goods<\/b><\/p>\n

How many times have you seen wooden packing crates go into the dumpster? \u00a0Almost all of them could be re-used-they could even be disassembled and stored, but where? Furthermore, who has time to deal with that? In your lean logistics environment, you barely have time to dump the cardboard and plastic into the recycling bins.<\/p>\n

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Cardboard is fine for small stuff, but how do we take the next step to create truly recyclable packing crates and pallets?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There\u2019s a solution to this problem: stop using wooden packaging. Does it sound like a crazy idea? Once upon a time, mobile phones were a sci-fi subject. Back when mobile phones were only mobile if hard-wired into cars-we\u2019re talking circa 1975, and back then they were only in the most-expensive cars-a Finnish company called Eltite was experimenting with the idea of using plain old carton board-the light-brown stuff we see on the cores of rolls of labels, rolls of tape and countless other things in our warehouses and factories-to make packing containers.<\/p>\n

Imagine really being a facility that honestly did recycle 100% of its waste. Yes, we all know about zero-waste factories. That term really only applies to production waste. We\u2019re not saying that such an accomplishment isn\u2019t very impressive and deserving of compliment-but let\u2019s face it, it\u2019s only a partial truth. Anything you receive that requires a container more rigid than a conventional, corrugated box comes in some odd-ball container that can\u2019t easily be put into the recycled waste stream.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re lucky, some enterprising employee is willing to give up his lunch break to tear apart a packing crate that he\u2019ll take home in his truck to build a chicken coop, a kid\u2019s club house or some other useful project. If that\u2019s not the case, it\u2019s going in the dumpster. The compactor will crush it enough to make it out of sight and out of mind.<\/p>\n

Carton board saves green on the balance sheet as well<\/b><\/p>\n

Carton board isn\u2019t just for packing crates. It is strong enough to be used for pallets in a number of logistics applications. Swedish consumer retail giant IKEA has saved millions of Euros by shipping many of its goods on carton board pallets. There isn\u2019t much since to the savings. These pallets weigh a lot less and therefore it costs less to ship your load since the overall weight is lower.<\/p>\n

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Yes, we can do better than this….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shippers will be more willing to work with your load size specs if your loads weigh less, since they may be able to use smaller trucks and will save money themselves by shipping lighter loads the same number of miles and spending less on fuel in the process. So until the whole world switches to carton board, you\u2019ll be a favored customer among shipping agents.<\/p>\n

There is 40 years of history behind the success of carton board used for shipping materials. The future of efficient logistics is starting now on the ground floor of every warehouse where carton board pallets can be used instead of heavy wood or environmentally-unfriendly plastic.<\/p>\n

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