Waste not, want not
13 September 2012
Iveco Ford Truck may have cut transport costs by 10 per cent after moving to re-usable packaging, but recycled materials aren’t without their problems, discovers Geoff Tyler
Domestic and European legislation has been forcing manufacturers to re-examine their use of packaging material. The relevant laws aim to make companies cut down on the waste they produce and, where waste is unavoidable, to recycle as much of it as possible. But to treat packaging waste in isolation can simply increase problems elsewhere in the logistics chain....