The cost difference isn't about plastic being cheaper than cardboard. It's about shifting from a new box every shipment to the same box over hundreds of uses. In recurring B2B flows with natural return logistics, that shift changes everything.
Virentis doesn't need to replace the pallet. A company can keep using timber pallets underneath — and replace only the single-use cardboard box on top.
Standard 1/4 pallet box (60 × 40 × 44 cm). Single-use corrugated cardboard vs. reusable Virentis HDPE box.
Indicative model. Cardboard: 0.95 kg × 0.491 kg CO₂e/kg. Virentis: 4.2 kg HDPE+GF × 1.55 kg CO₂e/kg, 1,000-use lifespan. 5 days/week, 52 weeks/year, 5-day return cycle.
After 14 uses, a Virentis box has offset its higher production footprint compared to 14 single-use cardboard boxes.
Every use beyond that avoids 0.47 kg CO₂e that a new cardboard box would have produced.
After 100 uses → 40.1 kg CO₂e avoided per box
Suppliers and subcontractors shipping small to medium sized products in recurring flows. Virentis has strong potential within sectors such as defense and pharma, where control, repeatability and packaging performance matter.
PPWR is the EU's new packaging regulation. It increases pressure on companies to reduce packaging waste, limit unnecessary empty space and move suitable logistics flows toward reusable packaging. For suppliers and subcontractors, this means traditional single-use transport packaging will become harder to justify in many recurring B2B flows.
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