“Why would your articles as an e-commerce business even in a box package as it is not needed?”, says Olaf van den Brink, director of Logistics, in a press release. “For items such as ventilators, fryers, irons, printers, coffee makers and diapers does the packaging of the article is already enough protection.” the
That offers some advantages. So the company can save on packaging costs, but it is also possible to have more parcels at a time to transport thanks to the space saved. That would be the CO2-emissions per package go down.
Consumer Bol.com want to have as few items as possible to send in their own white and blue box. Approximately 3.5 million articles are now no longer packed for shipping. It comes to products that are already adequately protected by the original packaging.