Abfallwirtschaft #1: Ein Umweltproblem

In einer Welt, in der jede noch so kleine Maßnahme zählt, ist es für alle Unternehmen unerlässlich, verantwortungsvoll zu handeln.

Reduzierung unseres CO2-Fußabdrucks, Nutzung nachhaltiger Ressourcen, Vermeidung von Umweltverschmutzung, kein Plastik, kein Abfall, ... All diese ökologischen Umstellungen sind eine wichtige Priorität, die sich weiter beschleunigt.

In dieser Serie von 5 Artikeln werden wir die verschiedenen Aspekte der Abfallwirtschaft in Unternehmen untersuchen.

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An environmental concern

Waste management is first of all justified from an environmental point of view: the best waste is the one we do not produce!

In a zero waste approach, the 5R is a golden rule. It consists in :

• Refuse what isn't necessary and what you don't really need. Say "no thank you" to receipts, advertising, goodies, ...
• Reduce what you need (and can't refuse) by buying only the necessary quantities. Favour local and bulk stores.
• Reuse what we consume (and that we can neither refuse nor reduce) by avoiding buying new and by favouring second hand.
• Recycle what we cannot reuse as a last option, if no other action is possible (food, wood, leaves, unsoiled cardboard, ...).
• Return to the Earth what it has given by composting organic matter.

At LivingPackets we want to answer this challenge! our products make possible to Reject cardboard, Reduce carbon emissions (- 85%), as well as logistical waste, Reuse the packaging, which itself is 100% Recyclable. There is nothing left to compost.

To go further, we added an intermediary R that is placed between Reuse and Recycle: Repair all damaged products.

Next episode : 2. Waste management: a legal concern