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London-based mechanical designer and engineer Yu-Chang Chou has designed ‘RePack’, a packaging system for online retailers that encourages return and reuse.
This idea was conceived as Chou watched his wife discard perfectly good packaging material from her online purchases.
RePack is not just recyclable and reusable packaging, but a system where the customer opts for this type of packaging, commits to posting it back to a central address via post boxes, and is then rewarded for their good behavior with their initial deposit returned to them.
The UK’s national postage system, Royal Mail, would then collect the bags and resell them centrally at post offices. This idea drastically reduces waste
The bags last up to 200 cycles, and are constructed for durability and a lasting life. A RePack bag consists of an outer bag (constructed from a polyester material made from recycled PET bottles), and an inner cushioning (made from a material often used in protective sportswear) to protect your purchases.
These bags not only reduce waste, but also saves packaging cost per use.
Watch how it works below:
[via Dezeen]
London-based mechanical designer and engineer Yu-Chang Chou has designed ‘RePack’, a packaging system for online retailers that encourages return and reuse.
This idea was conceived as Chou watched his wife discard perfectly good packaging material from her online purchases.
RePack is not just recyclable and reusable packaging, but a system where the customer opts for this type of packaging, commits to posting it back to a central address via post boxes, and is then rewarded for their good behavior with their initial deposit returned to them.
The UK’s national postage system, Royal Mail, would then collect the bags and resell them centrally at post offices. This idea drastically reduces waste
The bags last up to 200 cycles, and are constructed for durability and a lasting life. A RePack bag consists of an outer bag (constructed from a polyester material made from recycled PET bottles), and an inner cushioning (made from a material often used in protective sportswear) to protect your purchases.
These bags not only reduce waste, but also saves packaging cost per use.
Watch how it works below:
[via Dezeen]