The Fastbox design has a high scope of potential that is able to convey positive impact at the European social and economic level.
The filling rate is the degree of filling of a box, which means the entire volume not occupied by the item being shipped is occupied by air. The minimum acceptable filling rate for Panotec is 70%. The market currently ships with an average filling rate of 40%. This means that with Fastbox, the quantity of plastic fillers used is far lower than current standards.
Given that the data indicated below was calculated on the basis of analysis of the shipping techniques of a beta customer, the following effects on the use of the system were reported.
The Panotec technology applied to the Fastbox concept allows savings of cardboard and plastic materials in the percentages indicated in the table below:
COMPANY NUMBER OF PRE-FORMED BOXES USED CARDBOARD SAVINGS SHIPPING VOLUME SAVINGS FILLER SAVINGS
Company A - Transport logistics 3 64.45% 79% 97.39%
Company B – E-commerce 7 36.43% 56.8% 90.77%
For company A, in one year, the following savings are assumed:
• Cardboard Volume: 39,242 m2 out of 60,888.92 m2 currently used, equivalent to 18.21 tons per year.
• Filler Volume: 1,821.19 m3 out of 1,869.99 m3 currently used, equivalent to 6.94 ton per year.
For company B, in one year, the following savings are assumed:
• Cardboard Volume: 21,452.88 m2 out of 58,892.75m2 currently used, equivalent to 9.98 tons per year.
• Filler Volume: 1,103.21 m3 out of 1,215,45 m3 currently used, equivalent to 4.20 tons per year.
Optimising the box, it will be possible to reduce CO2 emissions linked to transportation by reducing the air volumes being shipped. In fact, using customised boxes it is possible to deliver multiple orders with a single truck, reducing the routes taken and allowing a decrease of CO2 emissions.
The design thus contributes to the achievement of the goals set in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (94/62/EC) and in the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC).
