Directsales company smc packs in its use of eps peanuts to protect its shipments, switching to a biodegradable loosefill alternative that is cleaner, faster, and less expensive.Ensuring that mailorder products get from the distribution center to the customer intact requires careful packing of shipping cases to protect the contents from damage in transit.
Many times, expanded polystyrene packing peanuts are added to a shipment because They provide the most costeffective means of protection. in the past, shippers were faced with a dilemma of whether to go green, by choosing natural, biodegradable loosefill products, or to save green, by using petroleumbased materials.
But that has changed within the last few years. as the costs for petroleumbased products have increased, more companies are finding that they can save the planet while saving cash, too. such was the case for specialty merchandise corp., a fontana, ca, directsales marketer of collectibles and home dcor items. in 2006, smc switched from the use of eps peanuts to protect its shipments, to pelaspan bio, an allnatural, biodegradable loosefill from storopack www.storopackinc.com.
