Good practices and investments related to Cleaner Production
Example No. 38
Reducing the use of plastics in shipments of the online store Telimena
Company:
Online lingerie store – Telimena.pl
Industry branch: e-commerce
Resources in question:
- Materials
- Secondary raw materials
- Waste (plastics)
(about PLN 150/month – involves the purchase of tissue paper for packaging and gray tape).
The ordered products were shipped to the online store's customers with a hanger made of plastic and packed in a protective bag made of polypropylene. In addition, the cardboard boxes were sealed with colored acrylic adhesive tape.
It is likely that a significant number of customers threw away the package of the shipment and the hanger after receiving the shipments, and these, it can be assumed, did not always end up in the containers for segregated waste.
Such a strategy had a negative impact on the online store's image, which was reflected in comments and reviews posted on the company's website. A decision was made to remodel the package of the shipment for the greatest possible reduction in materials used.
- The plastic hangers, which are handed over to a plastic recycling plant, have been removed (unfortunately, so far there has been no agreement with the manufacturer to send products without hangers or to accept them back),
- The protective plastic bag was replaced with white or gray tissue paper,
- The acrylic adhesive tape was replaced with paper tape. The additional effect in this case is due to the fact that the new tape has a strong adhesive, so that only about 20-30 cm of tape is now used to seal a shipment, while in the case of the acrylic tape, with a weaker adhesive, about 50-70 cm was needed; hence, although paper tape is more expensive, the total annual cost of purchasing it is similar to that previously incurred for acrylic tape.
Obtained benefits and effects of the implementation:
- Reduction in the amount of plastic packaging waste sent to customers: about 1.3 Mg per year (i.e., by about 66%)
- Expected economic effects: savings of about PLN 3,500/year – including reduction in packaging and waste disposal costs
- Increased environmental awareness among employees
- Impact on environmental education of customers
- Improved quality of shipments – including in visual terms
The appearance of shipments before the described change
Source: Report on the Cleaner Production Project No. 49.795, titled “Reducing the use of plastics in shipments of the online store Telimena”, AKKE Agencja Kreatywna Ewa Kościelak
Source: Report on the Cleaner Production Project No. 49.795, titled “Reducing the use of plastics in shipments of the online store Telimena”, AKKE Agencja Kreatywna Ewa Kościelak
- Report on the Cleaner Production Project No. 49.795, developed within the framework of the Cleaner Production Academy at AKKE Agencja Kreatywna Ewa Kościelak: “Reducing the use of plastics in shipments of the online store Telimena”
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