{"id":62412,"date":"2022-06-01T10:14:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T08:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=62412"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T10:05:28","slug":"environmentally-friendly-online-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/umweltfreundlich-online-shoppen\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmentally friendly online shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rebekka Jochem and Jacobo Cuesta Wolf from Wismar University of Applied Sciences have developed shipping packaging that is robust and can be used multiple times. It is intended to help reduce waste from the growing online mail order business and thus make online shopping more resource-efficient.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Repost is the name of the two young designers' shipping packaging. It was created as part of a semester project in the Design programme at the Faculty of Design at Wismar University of Applied Sciences. The Reusable, resource-saving parcel system for the mail order business<\/strong> is made of the tear- and waterproof material Tyvek and can be returned via the letterbox.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201eOnline retail has grown rapidly in recent years, which means that a lot more packaging waste is being generated. With our project, we wanted to help raise awareness of the problem and reduce this mountain of waste.\u201c<\/p>

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The two designers have therefore planned their colourful box as a deposit-based reusable system. Each box is designed so that it can be used around 30 times. After receiving the goods, the customer can fold up the box and send it back by post to the mail order company, which can then use it again. \u201eWe carried out tests and sent the prototype several times to family and friends, who then sent Repost back to us by post. The prototype has already completed 17 rounds,\u201c says Rebekka Jochem.<\/p>

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The soft outer material of the foldable box is reinforced with recycled cardboard. It gives the box stability and protects the goods inside. Once the goods have been received, the sheets can be removed, folded and laid flat in the Tyvek sleeve, so that the box has a very small empty volume. \u201eThis allows the logistical effort for the return transport kept as low as possible<\/strong> be sent,\u201c explains Jacobo Cuesta Wolf. The concept also provides for different formats and a shipping label that is used as a seal. This clearly shows whether the packaging has been opened before it reaches the customer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tyvek, a high-density polyethylene nonwoven from DuPont, is lightweight and durable, resembles paper to the touch<\/strong> and is also inexpensive. \u201eBefore we decided in favour of Tyvek, there were Material experiments, for example with biodegradable plastic<\/strong>, which could be cut like paper. We also experimented with whey and chitosan. However, the biomaterials didn't prove successful because they weren't robust enough to survive shipping undamaged,\u201c says Jacobo Cuesta Wolf. \u201eWhat's more, a bio-based material doesn't necessarily have to be more sustainable,\u201c adds Rebekka Jochem.<\/p>