{"id":82858,"date":"2023-07-25T12:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=82858"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T10:05:01","slug":"start-up-boomerang-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/start-up-boomerang-verpackung\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfa7 Podcast: Start-up boomerang - \"Making online retail greener\""},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"82858\" class=\"elementor elementor-82858\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-exad-particle-enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a4a104 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-parallax-effect-no exad-background-color-change-no exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"8a4a104\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6897ce0 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6897ce0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e8d14 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69e8d14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sustainable packaging for e-commerce is increasingly becoming the focus of major online retailers. Young founders from Hamburg, who have developed Boomerang, a reusable solution for shipping, are also realising this.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f956c1 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f956c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the idea has been well received. The industry can no longer ignore the issue of reusable packaging and is looking for solutions. At interpack, Jan Malte Andresen spoke to Marc Engelmann, CEO, and Katharina Kreutzer, CPO at Boomerang, in our dedicated start-up zone.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with many other consumers, Marc Engelmann's waste paper bins were always full and a fourth one was almost necessary.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-2991569749\"><div id=\"packa-2620427104\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78aa125 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"78aa125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script class=\"podigee-podcast-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.podigee-cdn.net\/podcast-player\/javascripts\/podigee-podcast-player.js\" data-configuration=\"https:\/\/packaging-people.podigee.io\/10-boomerang\/embed?context=external&token=VYEnAb-8ofmtCUVxgLZMDQ\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04ca00e exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04ca00e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Episode 10: \u201eMaking online retail greener\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46a9c0 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c46a9c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the technical possibilities of staying in touch that we have learnt to appreciate during the pandemic, nothing can replace a personal face-to-face conversation. Richard Clemens agrees. He has a clear answer to the question of whether trade fairs like interpack are still needed:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ab4ae elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"b2ab4ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tI was very, very annoyed by the sheer amount of packaging waste that we all produce when we order online. And then I did some soul-searching and thought about what could be done to reduce packaging waste and that was the birth of Boomerang. I then developed the first prototypes in my living room and took them to companies. And I always had the hope in the back of my mind that the EU would do something about it and take up the issue at some point.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Podcast guest Marc Engelmann<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1bbb4 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0f1bbb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/824479244?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d373f6 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d373f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first pilots of Boomerang's shipping bags have been on the market since December 2022 and are tackling an issue that the industry increasingly needs to address. What has already begun in the to-go sector for food and drink is also set to be applied in the e-commerce sector - reusable packaging and deposit systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2aa164 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b2aa164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reusable as a solution<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12cb50 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c12cb50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This also brings with it difficulties - an established industry has to adapt to changing consumer wishes and new regulations at national and international level. Boomerang offers a solution for shipping that is not only good for the environment thanks to the reusable system - the materials used also take current sustainability trends into account:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eba2290 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"eba2290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tWe use more or less mono-material and the materials on the packaging that are not made of the same material are only sewn on, not glued on, so they can be removed again. This means that we can ultimately make a mono-material - polypropylene in this case - available for the recycling process again.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Podcast guest Marc Engelmann<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-exad-particle-enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61f825f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-parallax-effect-no exad-background-color-change-no exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"61f825f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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It can be accessed via all known podcast portals, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/podcast\/id1636322486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6thM2dFWaO2mHq9D5cVUOR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.de\/podcasts\/670d2c18-edcb-4185-b2eb-80bf904edce9\/packaging-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/show\/3915807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deezer<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/subscribe-by-rss-feed?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9wYWNrYWdpbmctcGVvcGxlLnBvZGlnZWUuaW8vZmVlZC9tcDM%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Podcasts<\/a> and subscribed to. 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