Expert insights on corrugated box reuse, circular economy strategies, and scaling sustainable supply chains across North America.
Once-used corrugated boxes have been a legitimate procurement option for decades. Yet, the same handful of assumptions stop operations and procurement teams from exploring it as a supply chain solution. Here are the 3 we hear most often.
Rebox provided over 800,000 once-used boxes, supporting food banks nationwide, assisting them in safely storing and delivering food to neighbors experiencing food insecurity. While we are grateful to play a part in this story, the real impact comes from the dedication of Feeding America and its partner Food Banks, whose tireless efforts support tens of millions of people to get the food and resources they say they need to thrive.
Corrugated pricing moves with the containerboard market. When fiber prices rise, box prices follow. When energy costs spike, manufacturing costs go up and when capacity gets constrained, lead times extend and prices go with them. This is largely outside the control of anyone buying corrugated boxes at the facility level. You negotiate what you can with your supplier, you try to forecast volume, and you absorb the variability.
Corrugated pricing moves with the containerboard market. When fiber prices rise, box prices follow. When energy costs spike, manufacturing costs go up and when capacity gets constrained, lead times extend and prices go with them. This is largely outside the control of anyone buying corrugated boxes at the facility level. You negotiate what you can with your supplier, you try to forecast volume, and you absorb the variability.
Once-used corrugated boxes have been a legitimate procurement option for decades. Yet, the same handful of assumptions stop operations and procurement teams from exploring it as a supply chain solution. Here are the 3 we hear most often.
Rebox provided over 800,000 once-used boxes, supporting food banks nationwide, assisting them in safely storing and delivering food to neighbors experiencing food insecurity. While we are grateful to play a part in this story, the real impact comes from the dedication of Feeding America and its partner Food Banks, whose tireless efforts support tens of millions of people to get the food and resources they say they need to thrive.
