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In 2022, bpost launched an innovative and sustainable pilot project with Hipli. The French company’s reusable mailing bags were tested in partnership with Torfs, A.S. Adventure and Juttu. After delivery, the customers popped the empty bags into a bpost red mailbox.
bpost then grouped the empty returns and sent them in a bundle to a Belgian sheltered workforce for cleaning and reconditioning. The pilot was successful and has resulted in the launch in 2023 of a commercial offer for all interested e-shops and other packaging suppliers (e.g. Re-Zip, ...). It is bpost’s ambition to extend this project and therefore a second pilot will be set up during 2023 to test returns of re-usable packaging via our retail network for larger empty packages and parcel returns.
This project received the “Packaging innovation of the year” award at the Parcel and Postal Technology Awards in Frankfurt.
As this initiative uses the free capacity of bpost’s mail network, there is no additional transport needed. Any packaging that can be returned within the formats of a letter is eligible.
