sustainable packaging

Running on Ice: New cold storage and fruit as a package

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Richmond, Virginia, is about to be the home of the newest FreezPak Logistics cold storage warehouse. FreezPak is building a 245,000-square-foot cold storage facility for a casual $77.5 million. The goal for the new facility is to help support the Port of Virginia. 

Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in a news release, “All of FreezPak’s products will go through The Port of Virginia, a logistical advantage that will increase efficiency and increase its direct access to markets....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-new-cold-storage-and-fruit-as-a-package

Is the future of packaging reusable?

Purple, blue, and tan reusable shipping Boox boxes are staged with a white background.

Reusable packaging company Boox aims to be part of a greater movement to make shipping more circular and sustainable.

The Petaluma, California-based company provides its reusable plastic Boox Boxes and nylon or polyester Baags as a service to companies that want an option to reduce shipping-related waste.

Leading up to FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain event in Northwest Arkansas Monday and Tuesday, FreightWaves asked Matt Semmelhack, CEO and co-founder of Boox, about the future of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/is-the-future-of-packaging-reusable

Cartonization company Paccurate closes $2.2M funding round

Several shipping boxes are stacked up with bubble wrap packaging inside.

Shipping and fulfillment optimization platform Paccurate announced Tuesday it closed a $2.2 million seed funding round to advance its capabilities to reduce costs and carbon emissions in supply chains.

Almost every online shopper has gone to his or her door and found a box an air fryer could fit into when what was ordered was the size of a phone case. Larger than necessary boxes require excess packing materials and take up more space in delivery vehicles and consumers’ recycling bins.

Paccurate...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cartonization-company-paccurate-closes-22m-funding-round

Survey: Even environmentally indifferent consumers want sustainable shipping option

Consumers call for more sustainable packaging and shipping in e-commerce.

As e-commerce skyrocketed during the pandemic, the environmental toll of home deliveries has not gone unnoticed. While some experts say that home deliveries are more efficient, this is only true if shoppers take fewer trips to stores.

And, consumers are recognizing the increase in plastic and what they consider to be excessive packaging used for shipping products to their doors.

Logistics data-science platform Sifted and experience management platform parcelLab published separate reports that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/survey-even-environmentally-indifferent-consumers-want-sustainable-shipping-option

2020 holiday shopping season dubbed most environmentally friendly yet

A Prologis and MIT study said that 2020 was the most environmentally friendly holiday season yet.

A stay-at-home economy helped 2020 deliver the “most environmentally friendly holiday season yet,” according to a Prologis and MIT special report released Thursday. 

Based on consumer behaviors, in-person shopping was compared to e-commerce to find differences in environmental impacts. The study said that one full standard delivery van can replace over 100 individual car trips to the store.

During the holiday season each year, companies scramble to keep up with peak demands for shipping and...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/2020-holiday-shopping-season-dubbed-most-environmentally-friendly-yet

Sustainable packaging trends

Packaging trends are going sustainable.

Quality packaging must be durable and protect goods, provide a pleasant brand experience, and stack and ship efficiently. Because of rapid e-commerce expansion and increasing concerns for the environment, companies are also looking at how to make packaging more sustainable, recyclable and minimal. 

A 2020 study found that “packaging design is one of the key elements that can actively help improve supply chains, contributing to improved sustainability of logistics processes and activities.” The...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/sustainable-packaging-trends

Early renewable energy achievement on tap for AB InBev

Learn about AB InBev's sustainable supply chain.

AB InBev is on track to reach its 2025 goal of 100% renewable energy in 2021, according to Angie Slaughter, vice president of sustainability logistics and capabilities procurement at Anheuser-Busch InBev. 

Slaughter joined FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill in a fireside chat Tuesday during the North American Supply Chain Summit to talk about sustainability throughout the supply chain. 

Slaughter said AB InBev has a wind farm in Oklahoma that produces 152 megawatts of power, representing...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/early-renewable-energy-achievement-on-tap-for-ab-inbev

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