Gavin Chappell supply chain director at Asda believes that “Packaging has a huge role to play in the prevention of waste”.
The way that corrugated packaging functions plays a crucial role throughout the supply chain. It ensures that products are protected throughout their journey from factory or farm to the supermarket and onwards to your home.
Early last month, for three days, the tree-lined corridors of the European Parliament became the backdrop to an exhibition and workshop entitled ‘Forest Sectors’ contribution to the EU bio-economy’.
Hosted by MEPs Riikka Manner, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos and Gaston Franco the event was in recognition of the International Year of Forests 2011.
We believe many companies can make significant savings and efficiency gains by moving to performance criteria.
It’s quite understandable why people stick with what they know rather than taking what they might see as a risk by changing the way their corrugated packaging is designed. After all, if this particular pack has worked well for us year after year, why change it?
I’ve been in the corrugated packaging world for just over eight years and it's a fantastic industry. We have a great story to tell, from which we want to share...