Applications now being accepted for Excellence in Reusable Packaging award

Applications for the 5th annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging award are now being accepted. The award recognizes companies and organizations that have developed and implemented measurable and innovative reusable packaging solutions in a business supply chain. Both members and non-members of the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) are eligible and encouraged to enter. The application form is available on the RPA website at http://www.reusables.org. Submissions are due by August 1.

“RPA’s Excellence in Reusable Packaging award spotlights and celebrates implementation of reusable packaging solutions that impact supply chain costs and environmental footprints,” said Tim Debus, RPA President. “We honor achievements with reusable packaging and promote the implementation experience and outcomes for educational purposes.”

Two awards are given annually:  one award for businesses or organizations with revenues less than $25 million and one with revenues more than $25 million. “It’s important to recognize impact in both large and small-scale operations,” said Debus. “Whether local or national in scope and public or private in enterprise, there is much benefit and learning that can be realized from impactful reuse of transport packaging products at varying levels of savings.”

Submissions will be judged by an independent committee based on the quantifiable environmental and economic benefits of the reusable packaging system. Winners will be notified in September, and should be available to attend PACK EXPO 2016 in Chicago on November 8 to receive the award and to present their findings. Each winning primary (end)-user company will receive a complimentary one-year membership to the Reusable Packaging Association. Case studies will be posted on the RPA website (http://www.reusables.org).

Prior winners of the award include Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Herman Miller, and the Boulder Valley School District (2015); Svenska Retursystem and Full Belly Farm (2014); Finelite (2013); and Herman Miller Inc. (2012).