Monthly Archive July 25, 2015

Sustainability When Packaging Your Freight

When sending freight it is important to pack it in such a way as to prevent movement and breakage.  While your transport or logistics company may have rules and regulations for packaging, they may not consider sustainability to be important. But depending on the kind of freight you have, you can use environmentally friendly packaging quite easily if you put your mind to it. There are several ways of doing so.

• Re-use old packaging from freight you’ve received in the past. It is not difficult to keep and re-use things such as boxes and bubble wrap. Most boxes can be flattened without any harm so it doesn’t take too much room to store them.
• Find larger crates that have been used by watching the classifieds where people who have recently moved may advertise them.
• Visit a recycling centre to see what’s on offer for packaging up your goods. You’ll find many handy packaging goods there.
• If you receive goods on pallets that have been surrounded by plastic wrapping, it might be worth unwrapping them carefully to re-use it. The downside is that it will take more time, but not everyone is in a rush to get things done.
• Use crumpled paper to safely pack small items. Ask friends and family to save their newspapers for you.

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