Cardboard or plastic, that is the question. Please realize that although a plastic shoebox seems ideal, it actually reduces the overall OCC impact potential.
When shipping internationally size makes a big financial difference. The shoeboxes are shipped in cartons that can hold 20 cardboard shoeboxes. But far less plastic ones.
When determining how many cartons can be shipped to a remote site it all boils down to dollars and sense.
Overall those nice reusable plastic shoeboxes actually reduce the number of boxes available to ship to each location globally.
There you have it, my two cents worth
