Environmental Benefits

Cor­po­ra­tions com­mit­ted to envi­ron­men­tal respon­si­bil­ity pro­grams and sus­tain­abil­ity mea­sures are increas­ingly turn­ing to reusable pack­ag­ing sys­tems as the solu­tion to land­fill cri­sis, solid waste reduc­tion, green­house gas emis­sions and over­all energy con­sump­tion. With reusables, there is less waste for com­pa­nies to man­age for recy­cling or dis­posal. In addi­tion, improve­ment of trans­porta­tion effi­ciency through reusables pack­ag­ing sys­tems results in fewer trips and there­fore reduced fuel costs. The pri­mary envi­ron­men­tal val­ues with reusable pack­ag­ing are the following:

• Reduced solid waste
• Reduced green­house gas emissions
• Improved trans­porta­tion efficiency
• Source reduc­tion
• Energy use reduction

These claims were sub­stan­ti­ated in a land­mark study con­ducted by Franklin Asso­ciates in 2004, Life Cycle Inven­tory of Reusable Plas­tic Con­tain­ers and Dis­play Ready Cor­ru­gated con­tain­ers used for fresh pro­duce appli­ca­tions. A Study Fact Sheet and Exec­u­tive Sum­mary are avail­able below.

LCI Research Study Fact Sheet

2004 Franklin LCI Study — Exec­u­tive Summary

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