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Ou, when do you pick up the cardboard again? Gopf, no, yesterday! – Who feels the same in the moments when we shop online due to the blockage as if there is nothing to stop it? And in the basement the boxes are stacked to the ceiling.
Now you could waste long lines with the sense and nonsense of the complicated Swiss disposal system – who doesn’t regularly mind that glass and PET bottles, cardboard and batteries cannot be disposed of in the same place? In any case, the newcomers scratch their heads. Instead of scratching your head, you can also do something within the existing conditions. At least to the extent that the flood of cardboard boxes goes hand in hand with online commerce.
Cardboard needs resources in its production and emits COtwo free
Tobias Zingg and Mariella Huber told each other that and did something. The young entrepreneurs have already opened a mail order business: Stadtlandkind.ch von Zingg sells selected, high-quality and sustainably produced children’s clothing, shoes, toys and home accessories online, while Stoff & so von Huber sells fabrics and sewing supplies.
They both had to constantly grapple with the same customer feedback – why are you getting factory-fresh cardboard boxes clogging your cellar that you need to get rid of immediately. “Total green nonsense,” says Zingg. Cardboard production uses wood and other resources. And when burned, cardboard emits massive amounts of COtwo free. Common alternatives like plastic and Styrofoam are not greener.
Reusable recycled PET bags eliminate mountains of cardboard
Huber and Zingg have developed a smart and environmentally friendly alternative: the kickbag. The reusable bag is made largely from recycled PET, is lightweight, durable, and has a velcro closure. The customer receives their order in a bag, folds it to letter size when empty, attaches the supplied return label, and drops it in the nearest drop box free of charge and postage paid.
Thanks to the cooperation with Swiss Post, the bag ends up with the sender, who recycles it immediately, up to 30 times. Production and transportation are completely climate neutral. “We compensate one hundred percent for all the resources we need for production and shipping,” says Zingg.
Publication interested in cooperation
There are only winners: Customers no longer have pesky stacks of cardboard boxes in the basement, the environment is protected, and retailers save on packaging costs. A good thing The Swiss Post also agrees and was immediately interested in working with them. And that is what Climatepartner.com thinks, a company specialized in climate protection measures and the development of innovative projects that counteract climate change. St. Gallen’s e-commerce service provider MS Direct is also on board.
And the project is making waves: shortly after its launch, around 20 online retailers and e-commerce providers have already expressed an interest in the green bag and hopefully soon the big ones like Zalando too. Wait and see – the protection bag will most likely land in your mailbox soon.
