Making the change to sustainable, reusable packaging

Cardboard versus Corflute®

Cardboard packaging solutions have a short life span, lasting only a few trips before having to be replaced. This has led people to seek alternatives to replace their existing cardboard totes (packaging) used to pick, pack and despatch fresh produce orders.

Corflute® is also ideal for wet applications like fresh produce boxes used in hydrocooling because it will not tear or become water soaked like cardboard.

Australian made Corflute® produce boxes are a cost-effective alternative to single use cardboard. Corflute® packaging combines design with durability, achieving a premium solution that vastly extends the life of each box from 1 or 2 to 70-150 return trips – which is then recycled on site here at Corex – an entire closed loop.

Comparison of polypropylene and cardboard

• Recycling 1kg of paper is more energy intensive than recycling 1kg of plastic.
• When you replace 1kg of virgin polypropylene with 1kg of recycled polypropylene sheet you reduce CO2 emissions by 97%.
• Our 100% recycled sheet range is non-toxic and energy efficient. For example, production of this recycled material uses 40 times less energy than virgin material along its path of transformation back into sheet stock. This means 40 times less carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, resulting in far fewer greenhouse gas emissions**. (** Based on calculated embedded emissions from cradle to factory gate)
• Our 100% recycled sheet has a printable surface meaning you don’t need to laminate the Corflute® with PVC etc.

Recycling

Every Corflute® product is invited to be brought back to Corex Recycling at the end of its life. We process and recycle all plastic we receive on site. All processed material returned to us has a use within Corex Plastics.

Corflute® returnable packaging represents long-term value

Corex’s Corflute® returnable packaging is a sustainable and long-lasting solution that doesn’t cost the earth!

Our customers in this space generally break even from a cost perspective after 3-4 months of their boxes in circulation (compared with cardboard boxes), but our reusable Corflute® packaging is usually in use for well beyond 24 months.

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