The Yandex company announced that some orders from its Yandex.Market marketplace will be delivered not in cardboard boxes, but in opaque courier packages that are subject to processing. Thus, the company intends to save 157 tons of packaging paper per year.
According to Yandex, courier packages are 30% recycled. This type of packaging has an adhesive valve and does not need paper filler to eliminate voids.
The company plans to deliver up to 35% of its orders in packages. This initiative will allow developing a program to reduce the volume of packaging used, Yandex is sure.
The company's bags fall under the definition of high density polyethylene or 4 LDPE. Products of this category are accepted for processing in most large cities of Russia. It is envisaged that the buyers themselves will hand over the packaging for recycling.
Yandex emphasizes that only one item is placed in the courier package, which is inexpensive and non-fragile. For example, books, cosmetics, toys. When packing such orders in a box, it is required to fill the voids in order to fix the goods. According to the company, the use of bags will help save paper and resources for packaging.
At the moment, Yandex.Market packs orders in packages only in one logistics park, which is located in the village of Sofyino, Ramensky district, near Moscow. However, other warehouses of the company will resort to such packaging in the near future.
Yandex reports that the marketplace began to reduce the amount of packaging for orders last fall. This applies to stretch film and packaging bags. In December last year, the company saved almost 5 tons of adhesive tape and more than 12 tons of stretch film compared to October.
At the end of last month, Yandex said it would try to cut plastic costs by 50 tons a year when delivering food on its service. The company will stop adding plastic appliances to 30% of orders by default. This decision was supported by 4 thousand restaurants.
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