DS Smith’s Design Process Eliminates More Than Two Million Deliveries Through a focus on circular design and performance, DS Smith announced its design methodology has removed 20,000 tons of raw material from the manufacturing pro- cess, despite increasing overall production. This has ef- fectively taken the equivalent of 238 million boxes out of circulation over the past year. These savings will result in a reduction of around 32,000 tons of CO2e, the equivalent of eliminating ap- proximately 2 million deliveries from the roads in cities globally at a time when air quality, carbon emissions and congestion are under the spotlight. With the peak Christmas period for e-commerce ap- proaching and recent research showing that 85 percent of U.S. adults will continue to shop online at the same level or more post lock down, there is huge benefit to DS Smith’s customers: increased adoption of this technology will sup- port their work to reduce emissions in their supply chains. “DS Smith is committed to delivering on the circular economy, using our expertise in packaging innovation to drive progress,” said Alex Manisty, Group Head of Strategy at DS Smith. “Our ability to deliver the highest levels of performance through better design has resulted in tangi- ble environmental impact. Whether it’s taking carbon out of supply chains or providing closed-loop recycling pro- cesses, we will continue to develop circular solutions fit for the changing world in which we operate.” The process begins with the application of DS Smith’s Circular Design Principles, developed in conjunction with
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