Reverse Logistics
Ball Corporation and Rehrig Bulk Pooling Reach National Service Agreement
The interest of major corporations in taking a strategic approach to transport packaging continues to grow. Case in point, Rehrig Bulk Pooling Services (Rehrig BPS) has reached an agreement with Ball Corporation to provide complete transport packaging services and management for 15 Ball beverage can plants in North America. Rehrig BPS will manage all requirements for handling and reverse logistics that are necessary to service and maintain Ball’s reusable packaging assets. Ball’s pallets, top frames and separator sheets, used in the storage and transport of empty metal containers, will be recovered, sorted, inspected and cleaned/repaired upon return from Ball’s customers.…read more
RPA 2012 PACK EXPO Educational Conference Presentations Posted in Online Library
For the third consecutive year, the RPA sponsored an educational track at PACK EXPO, providing an opportunity to educate attendees about the benefits of reusables in general as well as promote reusable transport packaging services and products. The presentations are now posted in the RPA’s online content library…read more
Plastic thefts now a multimillion-dollar criminal business
Editors note the follow article was published in dailybreeze.com By Phillip Zonkel Staff Writer DOWNEY — A criminal enterprise of plastic bandits has been robbing Rockview Farms dairy. Thieves have been stealing about 1,100 of the company’s plastic milk crates every day from grocery store loading docks or distribution warehouses, said Bill Kroese, Rockview’s director of …read more
Make Reusable Assets Show Returnable Value
The October issue of Material Handling and Logistics magazine includes a cover story by RPA member Keith Schall. In the article, “Make Reusable Assets Show Returnable Value”, Schall lays out four steps for implementing an effective system to track and manage reusable assets…read more
RPA Presents Informative Sessions on Reusables at PACK EXPO
Arlington, Va, September 18, 2012 – The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) is offering a comprehensive educational series at PACK EXPO, presenting six sessions on topics ranging from intelligent shipping to driving measurable environmental results with reusable packaging. “The sessions offer content and best practices for those who are new to the concept of reusables as …read more
Upcoming Reusable Packaging Seminar in San Francisco Bay Area
Making smart decisions about transport packaging materials–such as pallets and boxes–can save costs, reduce product damage and lower your company’s environmental footprint. Evaluate what reusable transport packaging could do for your business at this FREE 3 hour educational workshop!…read more
Reusable Packaging Pavilion Returns to PACK EXPO With Largest Number of Exhibitors to Date
The popular Reusable Packaging Pavilion is returning to PACK EXPO in Chicago with its largest number of exhibitors to date. Twenty-seven companies will exhibit in the sold out Reusable Packaging Pavilion located in the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place. The exhibitors include manufacturers, material suppliers, providers of washing and other specialty equipment, and poolers and service providers of reusable packaging systems and solutions.…read more
RPA Announces Independent Panel of Judges for First Annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award
The RPA announced today that a panel of independent judges with a combined total of more than 80 years in packaging and sustainability will judge submissions for the Reusable Packaging Association’s first annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award. …read more
USPS requesting customers return equipment
The U.S. Postal Service is requesting customers return postal service owned mail transport equipment, like plastic and cardboard mail tubs and trays.…read more
U.S. logistics system improved only modestly in 2011
The 23rd annual “State of Logistics Report,” which chronicled the nation’s logistics output for the year, showed a modest change over 2010 totals. U.S. logistics costs reached $1.28 trillion, a 6.6-percent increase over 2010 levels and a 17 percent increase over the trough in 2009 as the U.S. grappled with the financial crisis and subsequent recession.…read more