Olive
Olive's mission is to reduce waste and enhance the online shopping experience. They achieve this by providing consolidated, cardboard-free deliveries, which significantly reduce last-mile emissions. Their goal is to eliminate single-use packaging from e-commerce entirely. To support this, Kargo partnered with Olive to create collapsible, reusable containers for shipping packages without cardboard boxes.
Challenge
Olive's business model embraces the circular economy concept by creating a zero waste package consolidation service. Instead of traditional cardboard boxes, they use reusable containers. However, to make this concept work, Olive needed a cost-effective way to retrieve the containers from customers. Simply replacing cardboard with recycled boxes wouldn't achieve the impact Olive had in mind. The boxes had to be made from 100% recycled materials and able to withstand the shipping system's demands.
Solution
We designed and produced an eco-friendly line of collapsible, reusable boxes made from recycled materials. These sturdy and durable boxes offer superior content protection, reduce return expenses, and fit into dimensional weight categories. Available in multiple sizes to cater to diverse orders.
Kargo Services Utilized:
Design & Engineering
Product Development
Production
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Impact
COLLAPSIBLE PACKAGING = DECREASED SHIPPING COSTS
LESS WASTE
REDUCED CARBON EMISSIONS FROM CONSOLIDATED SHIPMENTS.
MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS
The Kargo Approach
Design
Materials: Durable custom-made material with 100% recycled RPET content.
100% recycled fabric - inside and out. RPET and recycled polyester
100% recycled corrugated board. PP board
100% recycled zipper coil/tape. RPET
The tote is a brand touchpoint: high quality, easy-to-use, and fully branded.
Function
Effortless customer experience for opening, collapsing and returning.
Collapsed flat totes take up less space in the shipping system, reducing the carbon footprint. Totes collapse to be 10% of the full size.
Fabric is easy to clean and treated with Dupont’s antibacterial coating inside and out.
Totes are secured with an easy to use tamper seal. They are made from 100% recycled Material.
Impact
No waste; we don’t use dunnage.
Consolidated shipments reduce delivery carbon footprint.
Reduced waste by printing return labels and instructions on 1 sheet of paper.