Loadhog & Sustainability
22nd May 2023
The impact of plastic packaging on the environment is huge. After the 2018 coastal clean-up, Ocean Conservancy found that seven of the top 10 collected items contained plastics. More specifically the impact of single use plastic is of more concern, as these disposable items don’t tend to biodegrade. This results in microplastics polluting water sources and in some cases even our food.
Loadhog is committed to helping reduce the usage of single use plastics within the supply chain. This is what led us to creating innovative products such as the Pallet Lid. The Pallet Lid is the perfect solution for loading a pallet, with no banding or stretch wrap. Eliminating all elements of stretch wrap is becoming increasingly important as it is far from being environmentally conscious. According to the World Health Organisation, both PVC and PDVC can release toxic harmful chemical called dioxin when being eliminated, making plastic wrap one of the main contributors of the global plastic pollution issue.
Sky tasked Unipart Logistics to remove all single use packaging from their supply chain. The Loadhog Pallet Lid was able to offer Sky a sustainable alternative when they were trying to get rid of stretch wrap. The Pallet Lid was able to reduce 10.2 tonnes of plastic wrap per annum, equivalent to 79,200 pallets of single use plastic.
Loadhog also collaborated with Böllhoff who saved approximately €125,000 a year by using the Loadhog Pallet Lid solution to transport their goods. Annually Loadhog’s Pallet Lid eliminates more than 1.8 million metres of single use stretch wrap globally for the Böllhoff group, saving approximately 50,000 litres of oil every year. The returnable nature of the goods increases traceability as the resources are not discarded as waste, they are reused.
If you would like to read more about how Loadhog is improving our own sustainability moving forward by reading our 2021 sustainability report. If you would like to contact us about any of our products & solutions please visit: https://loadhog.com/contact-us/
