DS Smith Launches Box Carrier Solution For Transporting Groceries Atlanta, Georgia based DS Smith announced that Shop. able Carriers, its line of recyclable, reusable boxes for su- permarkets that replaces plastic shopping bags, are now available for everyday grocery shopping. The durable, stackable boxes feature the company’s patented, food-safe, and water-resistant Greencoat coat- ing technology, giving consumers an affordable alterna- tive to hard-to-recycle plastic bags. Shop.able Carriers are reusable, moisture-resistant, modular, and 100 percent re- cyclable made from renewable resources.
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Shop.able’s first user, a regional US supermarket chain, is on pace to replace up to 100,000 plastic bags in its first year of selling the boxes in its stores. Supermarkets can create custom branded boxes, as well as incorpo- rate sponsored logos and messaging from other partner brands. Individual Shop.able Carrier boxes sell at retail price points similar to reusable plastic totes, with each box having the capacity to replace five to seven plastic bags. Along with having them in checkout retail sales, supermar- kets can also use Shop.able Carriers as a loyalty program benefit in online curbside pick-up orders. “The Shop.able Carrier product line gives consumers the ability to help remove the billions of plastic bags used across the United States each year while at the same time delivering convenience and sustainability to consumers’ day-to-day shopping experience,” said DS Smith Global Customer Business Unit Director Steve Cooper. “This kind of innovative, sustainable packing solu- tion is what more communities need to stem the tide of hard-to-recycle plastics and move away from single-use plastic bags.” DS Smith’s North America Packaging and Paper (NAPP) division produces Shop.able Carriers at its US special- ty packaging plants. Company designers developed the intuitive, shopper-friendly box product line by reworking industrial packaging solutions DS Smith NAPP uses in the poultry and produce industries. According to data from the US International Trade Commission, Americans use 102 billion plastic bags a year, and plastic shopping bags are only used for an average
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