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Well, presumably the truck needs to go back to the source, so they can bring back the old packaging on the return trip from bringing new goods to the store? I
by ericd 7y ago
Well, presumably the truck needs to go back to the source, so they can bring back the old packaging on the return trip from bringing new goods to the store?
I really wish Amazon would pay their delivery drivers to do this with used Amazon boxes, too.
- salawat 7y agoNot necessarily. Truckers will often pick up entire new loads and chain deliveries depending on whether they're last mile/long haul/commodity/or specialized equipment haulers. So your packaging job would likely just be another blip on another trucker's route. But it would increase the need for more truckers since you're essentially (worst-case) doubling the number of deliveries to be done per transaction.
- ericd 7y agoGood point. I would be curious to see what the real load factor increase is.
- Joakal 7y agoThe producer externalized this extra truck cost to taxpayers (garbage trucks, landfills and environment aka dumping/littering/pollution). If the consumers see a lot of increased costs for plastic wrapped bananas with the seller having to deal with the waste; that is actually the point and the incentive for the producer to minimize waste.