We at Logifruit have been applying our circular economy model to the transportation of consumer products for more than 25 years, using washable, repairable and 100% reusable packaging. Our sustainable and innovative model allows us to transport food, hygiene and household products in a closed circuit, where the products are transported from the supplier to the supermarket in our boxes and pallets. By using reusable and collapsible boxes, we reduce the amount of single-use packaging and the number of lorries needed to transport the products, helping companies reduce their carbon footprint.
According to the analysis of the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change, our boxes have a useful life of more than 120 uses. However, despite their robustness, there comes a time when they can no longer be repaired and must be recycled and re-used as raw material in the manufacture of new packaging. All the plastic used to make our boxes is reused. This means that not only are they repairable and recyclable, but they also contain recycled material. This circular recycling model has been endorsed by the EFSA.
Through this endorsement, the authority guarantees that the material resulting from this process is 100% safe to be in contact with food
Logifruit embarked on this project on a voluntary basis in collaboration with the Spanish Institute of Packaging Technology (ITENE), viewing it as an added guarantee to our packages. We feel that it represents added value to the sustainability of our packaging solutions. We now form part of a small group of companies at the international level to have received the EFSA’s endorsement.
We are fortunate to be able to rely on the experience of our Food Safety and Consultancy department. This multidisciplinary team with expertise in legislation and diagnostics produced a technical dossier on Logifruit’s recycling process, which was in turn reviewed by the Audit department.
The Food Safety and Consultancy department provided technical assistance and support throughout the preparation, presentation and evaluation of the technical dossier which was submitted for assessment by the international risk assessment body.
More sustainable boxes: the fruit of innovation and development in collaboration with manufacturers
Our boxes, pallets and crates are the result of a process of innovation and co-development alongside our partners in the manufacture of our packaging solutions. All of these partners are bound by European Union legislation, which guarantees the highest standards of quality and respect for the environment. Our collapsible boxes are also modular, which means that you can replace and recycle just the damaged parts rather than the entire box. This extends its useful life and helps to save C02 in the recycling process.
Logifruit applies its ‘6 Rs rule’ in its activity: rationalise, reduce, re-design, re-use, repair and recycle. The final ‘R’ has just been endorsed by the EFSA.