We can all remember a day when packaging a product for warehousing or crossdocking was as simple as placement in a container with the necessary materials surrounding it to ensure it was received at the final destination in pristine condition.
What was not as much a concern, however, was the environmental impact of packaging. Many materials used in packaging end up in landfills and/or have few properties of environmentally-friendly decomposition.
Just as other areas of our lives are functioning with an eye towards the environment, so too can packaging before your product is received at Crossdock Manitoba. Consider some of these options:
Limiting Excessive Packaging – As obvious as it may sound to limit the build-up of protective materials around your products, reducing the amount of packaging you use can in fact be accomplished. It does take some analysis, but when you factor the duality of both environmental and cost savings, the opportunity does present itself favourably
Different Materials – Packaging goods can now more easily be accomplished with environmentalism in mind thanks to increased production in recycled paperboard. Here as well, there may exist a higher price for recycled materials, but consider the end result – a consumer who may be more inclined to purchase your product knowing that it was prepared in the most environmentally-friendly way possible.
These are just two of the ways that you can strengthening your environmental approach without weakening your products’ protection as they make their way to market via our crossdocking services.