Parcel delivery company Evri and second-hand fashion marketplace Vinted have teamed up to offer free reusable packaging at various Evri ParcelShop locations.
Over 100 ParcelShops across the UK – a figure set to increase to almost 300 by the end of the eight-week trial – will now provide customers with a ‘quick and free’ reusable packaging solution at the point of drop-off.
The reusable packaging will be stocked by Vinted and is designed to fit a medium-sized Vinted parcel, or packs with dimensions of 340mm in width, 420mm in length, and 80mm in height. It features two adhesive strips, which can be reused by buyers and sellers for further shipments.
The development comes after Vinted’s delivery arm, Vinted Go, signed a four-year extended contract with Evri to help deliver products. Both companies are said to be experiencing significant volume growth.
With Evri investing in its ParcelShop and locker network in hopes of doubling its size to 25,000 locations by 2030, the companies aim to implement reusable packaging across more locations if the trial proves to be successful.
“We’re thrilled to be the first UK delivery carrier to be able to support Vinted’s trial of reusable packaging,” said Claire Phelan, head of E-Commerce Partnerships at Evri. “By stocking this at almost 300 of our Evri ParcelShops, it provides their army of sellers with an efficient and reusable solution by which to send their parcels.
“And, as we forecast issuing over 100K units of Vinted’s reusable packaging during the trial, its multi-use feature is fantastic, also giving buyers the opportunity to re-purpose.”
Vytautas Atkočaitis, vice president of Vinted Go, added: “At Vinted we are committed to doing all we can to make it even easier for our members to shop second-hand. By collaborating with selected carrier partners including Evri, to provide free and reusable packaging we hope to encourage our members to opt for packaging that is suitable for repeat use and fits the size of their items better.”
This development follows our deep dive into sustainable packaging initiatives in consumer-to-consumer sales and online marketplaces. Some of the roadblocks highlighted at the time were a lack of enforcement from the platforms themselves, the cost of sustainability-minded packaging alternatives for casual sellers, and unclear policy on a wider level.
In another collaboration, Royal Mail began to utilize Movopack’s returnable packaging – made of rPET sourced from recycled plastic bottles and woven recycled polypropylene – in a move hoped to cut CO2 emissions by 84% compared to single-use packaging.
bpost also ran a pilot in which participants could post items without packaging and labels by delivering them to, then collecting them from, smartphone-activated lockers. This method was anticipated to avoid cardboard boxes, adhesive tape, and label printing, thus maximizing customer convenience.
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