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Sustainability in Packaging: Product Sourcing, Packaging & Marketing
Our packaging materials are bought from third-party manufacturers, and our team members use these materials to protect the integrity of auto parts and other products from damage in transit to the end customer. In essence, packaging materials constitute whatever the customer receives that is not the purchased auto part itself.
Parts Authority provides customers across the U.S. with a variety of auto parts, many of which are delivered by our �eet drivers or sent via shipping services. To protect parts from damage in transit we employ various types of packaging, taking steps to reduce our environmental impact in the process. Packaging materials include but are not limited to: • Corrugated paper (cardboard) boxes • Heavy-duty paper mailers • In�atable air pillows • Paper void �ll • Paper cushions
Several years ago, we looked at the third-party packaging materials we buy to seek ways to reduce environmental impact. We assessed the marketplace’s packaging o�erings and chose to make sustainability-oriented manufacturer Pregis our exclusive packaging supplier. In 2022, we generated multiple positive outcomes from this partnership. Two examples were:
Void Fill Paper – By using 100% recycled content paper, rather than non-recycled material, for packaging we achieved: • 9% reduction in fossil fuel use, saving more than 119 barrels of oil • 14,594 trees saved due to adoption of recycled paper
Air Pillows – By using pillows comprised of 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, rather than non-recycled material, for packaging we achieved: • 24% reduction in fossil fuel use, saving more than 520 barrels of oil • 26% reduction in water use, using 15,500,000 fewer gallons • 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to over 185,000 miles driven by passenger vehicles
We are well on our way to reaching our sustainable packaging targets of: • Ensuring that more than 80% of our packaging is Forest Stewardship Council® certi�ed by 2025. • Using plastic packaging composed of more than 20% recycled plastic by 2025 for our shipping �ller material.
19 Sustainability Report 2023: The Composition of a Responsible Organization
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