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Reusable packaging systems
Reusable packaging is designed to be reused without weakening its protective function. Thus, each package is usually stronger, heavier and more costly than one-way packaging. From a logistics perspective, reusable packaging requires reverse logistics and the management of this process.
Reusable packaging has many industrial applications and usage areas, both in terms of secondary and tertiary packaging. The automotive industry, for instance, often uses a pool system of plastic crates for their component supply; food producers and agriculture often use plastic crates for bread, fish, fruit and vegetables, both in internal material handling and in distribution. Figure 7.1 shows a material-handling example at a farm. ...
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