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CASE
Driving sustainability with the reusable
‘Dolly’
For almost a decade, AVK Plastics has
processed recycled plastics into high-quality
display pallets for strategic sales partner
IPP (part of the Faber Group). During this
period, millions of display pallets have been
produced and put into use. IPP operates a
closed pooling system, which means that
IPP remains the owner of the pallets and
customers pay for the use of the pallets. Due
to the ability to repeatedly reuse the pallets,
this circular system is very environmentally
friendly. This successful formula is now being
supplemented by a wheeled display pallet
called “Dolly”.
Targets customers for “Dolly” primarily come
from the fast-moving consumer goods sector,
using a closed pooling system. Here is how
it works:
1. Plastics waste is processed into usable
raw material
2. AVK Plastics produces pallets partially
from the recycled plastics by an
injection moulding process
3. IPP makes the pallets available to
customers, who use the pallets and then
return them after use
4. The pallets are checked, cleaned, and
reused within the pool
5. Once a pallet is deemed unusable due to
damage, the plastics are shredded and
reused by AVK Plastics to make new
pallets. And then the cycle starts again.
“Dolly” is made from the same recycled
plastics as the regular IPP pallet. What
sets ”Dolly” apart from similar wheeled
pallets is that it is designed for easy endof-life recycling as it does not have a metal
frame, unlike other plastic pallets, and the
suspension of the plastic wheels is made of
recyclable material.
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