Packaging – how and how much do we reuse?

At Bondy we have for a period ‘monitored’ the traffic in our warehouse to find out where we can improve in regard to packaging. We have discovered that vi reuse 30% of the cardboard boxes that we get from our suppliers, and we reuse almost 100% of the box filling we get from suppliers. The cardboard filling that we can’t use, we send to external recycle companies.

These observations have given us a picture of where we can improve and that we need to set concrete targets to increase the percentage of the cardboard boxes we reuse and find greener alternatives, where possible. What we already have initiated is to replace bought plastic filling, that we use to send small packages, with biodegradable filling. It is a small amount of plastic that we are protecting the nature from, but even small steps can help us toward a more sustainable business.

So, if you as our customer receive an ‘old’ cardboard box from us, it is our attempt minimize packaging waste. Soon you will also receive small packages from Bondy with biodegradable filling, which is compostable and recyclable as well.

It is a beginning, and we hope that our initiatives will allow for more cooperation with customers and suppliers around packaging.