eBay Green Box Bags Exposure for Reusable Packaging

It is funny how things work. The reusables industry has been toiling for years and years to raise awareness about reusable packaging. Now, in a single announcement, eBay has generated a tsunami of publicity about reusable transport packaging with the introduction of its new reusable box. For example, a key word search comprised of “eBay [...]

When CHEP Sneezes…

Up north there is an old saying that when the U.S. sneezes, Canada catches a cold. The market for reusable transport packaging and pallets isn’t all that different. When new competitors or substitute goods (i.e., innovative products or systems) enter the marketplace, there is predictably a ripple effect.

For example, when CHEP U.S.A. rolled out in [...]

RPA Launches New Website to Provide Comprehensive Industry Resource on Reusable Transport Packaging Systems

The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has launched a new website and logo in support of its mission to promote the expansion and value of reusable transport packaging systems.
The new site, www.reusables.org, went live Aug. 23. The site provides a broad array of industry information and resources related to reusable packaging, including interactive tools like sustainability [...]

Moving from Opportunistic to Planned Reuse

Is opportunistic reuse of transport packaging a good thing or not, one reader asked me last week.
To take a step back, opportunistic reuse of packaging is simply the taking advantage of on-hand accumulated empty packaging for reuse. Whether dunnage, pallets or containers, on-hand packaging can sometimes fit the bill for reuse.
Furthermore, the opportunistic reuse of [...]

AIAG Pallet and Lid Survey Reveals Opportunity for Improvement

Why is it that the words “pallets” and “problems” are so often found in the same sentence? According to at least one comment from last November’s AIAG Call to Action, the analogy fits in the automotive supply chain as well, saying that the challenge of managing reusable pallets and lids is not just a “pain [...]

Pallet Pools Offer Public Warehouses New Service Opportunities (Historic Reprint)

from D & W, January 1945

www.packagingrevolution.net is pleased to present another key article from the formative years of palletization.
After the war, between one and three million surplus pallets may be disposed of by the government. Commercial shipments of palletized unit loads are expected to become common. Some pooling method for collecting pallets and [...]

Reusables Management Positions Posted on the Web

Here is a current sampling of reusable pallet and packaging related jobs from the Internet:

Pallet Specialist

Dedicated to serving consumers and the communities where we live, work and play, Unilever employs more than 13,000 people across North America “generating nearly $10 billion in sales in 2009. Unilever has an opening for a corporate pallet specialist

Position Summary
This [...]

CHEP Improves Damage Inspection Scanning with Reflex Array Sensor

Damaged pallets have to be detected during the inspection process before being reissued. A reflex array sensor by Sick reliably detects all kinds of pallets and reduces the investment of sensors in comparison to a small light grid. 
Things are extremely busy at CHEP’s Belgian site in Bornem, with dozens of trucks arriving and leaving every [...]

Am I a Good Candidate to Sell My Used Cardboard Boxes for Reuse? Marty Metro of www.usedcardboardboxes.com Offers 7 Tips

Dale, one of our readers, recently sent me a note, wondering if there was an opportunity for reusing cardboard boxes rather than sending them for recycling.
We asked Marty Metro, founder and CEO of www.usedcardboardboxes.com, a company that buys and sells used cardboard boxes nationwide, to share his thoughts.
According to Marty, your company may well be [...]

Pallet Plant Achieves Safety Milestone

Hamilton, Ohio Plant Marks Four Years of Accident Free Days
Above all else, safety first! That kind of thinking has resulted in 1064 accident free days among the 52 team members working at Millwood, Inc.’s pallet plant in Hamilton, Ohio.
“The last OSHA reportable accident was on February 9, 2006,” says Frank Hyatt, human resources manager and [...]

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