Founded in Carlsbad, California in 1993, the lifestyle clothing brand Prana is trying to reach 100% plastic-free packaging. Although Prana hasn’t set a final date for that target. The company is getting close, says director of sustainability. Who recently marked a decade with the company. Explained that a 2010 photo from Prana’s store in Boulder, Colorado, was the catalyst. They had a daily shipment of product to put on the floor and, in unpacking it, there was a jumbo pile of plastic. They compressed it as much as they could, but it almost touched the ceiling and was at least a doorway.
The employees pointed out that those plastic bags
Known as polybags, weren’t sustainable. Prana’s leadership agreed and established an internal team with members from across the company that Belgium Telegram Number Data walked the warehouse floors and came up with solutions. The result was a process where each product gets folded into a “sushi roll” tied with recyclable raffia. Lincoln shares how Prana is eliminating plastic packaging, and what Columbia Sportswear Company’s acquisition of the company for $190 million in 2014 has meant for their novel approach. What’s the point of a polybag in the apparel industry? A polybag is a shipping method to ensure that a garment stays clean and in the same condition as it left the factory because most product goes.
Then a lot of the larger distribution
Centers (DCs) have automated systems that rely on a polybag’s properties to smoothly transition from the box that it came in to the packaging area. How did Prana develop an alternative? We felt that we would work around cleanliness if it became India Email List an issue, rather than assuming that it would become one. We shipped product back and forth and tested product from Asia. There isn’t a cleanliness issue in our DC. We created a how-to roll guide for each product type, whether it’s a swimsuit or a jacket or a pair of pants. Our QA team works with our product team to ensure that every new product has a roll method. Then we train our facilities on how to roll or fold our product for the most effective packaging option. They roll the product and tie it with raffia instead of putting it into a plastic bag and taping it shut.
