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The pandemic threw so many supply chain obstacles at companies that the march toward sustainable packaging may have been thrown off pace. Now that supply chains are regaining balance, the sustainable focus is back and as sharp as ever, with advances like auto-bagging machines that use recyclable paper stock and greater demand for automated packaging systems that can right-size cartons on demand.For several years now, shippers have paid closer attention to "right-sizing" cartons for e-commerce fulfillment to reduce freight costs, and other channels have sought efficiencies such as greater use of reusable packaging. But during the depths of the pandemic when everyone was scrambling to obtain inventory, sustainability wasn't top of mind, says Alicemarie Geoffrion, president of packaging for DHL Supply Chain, which offers packaging capabilities as part of its logistics services. |