T-Seal concept

As currently most shipping-containers (packages, Mailer bags, etc.) especially from E-Commerce enter the recycling-process after single use, large quantities of resources are unnecessarily wasted.

The two main reasons for the single-use of current shipping-containers are:

a) a closure that is structually destroyed, when opening the container along the perforation and b) shipping-labels are randomly placed on the containers body that cannot easily be removed

Both prevent additional shipments, eventhough the general quality of the container is still in good condition.

The T-Seal concept separates the above mentioned "problem areas" away from a container´s body to an exchangeable seal, leaving the body permanently in virgin state. As one T-Seal is suited for two shipments, it qualifies for the initial shipment from E-Tailer to the customer and vice-versa in case of a return. Once back with the E-Tailer, they only need to exchange the used T-Seal with a new one to have a shipping-container ready for immediate re-use.

Doing so can obviously help to significantly reduce ressource consumption (CO2) as every container that is used more often reduces the overall quantity of containers that need to be produced. From a commercial perspective, every re-use of an already existing container reduces the overall quantity for containers that need to be sourced, which can significantly improve a company´s profit.

Sustainability in current E-Tail logistics mainly focus around shipping-containers made of recycling-material, while using as little material as overall possible. This is generally a very good but also quite limited approach. As the recycling ratio in Germany is already relatively high, there is not much room to improve here, while the protection aspect of a shipping-container imposes limitations to the unlimited reduction of material used.

Nevertheless, these two aspects are what producers of shipping-material completely focus on. Of course, re-using shipping-material is not good for their business, which is probably why the current design with its shortcomings is not really changed to suit a more sustainable use.

As mentioned above, the destroyed closure and random placements of shipping-labels hinder re-use of current shipping-containers. T-Seal now is a way to easily re-use most of the shipping-container, as wear and tear areas are outsourced to an exchangeable seal.

This is currently a unique approach that helps to significantly reduce CO2 emissions, while it also reduces the E-Tailer´s sourcing costs for shipping-material. T-Seal is therefore a way to act sustainable and save costs by doing so.

Kommund UG is a one-man Start-Up that I founded to market my idea of the T-Seal concept. Therefore T-Seal is my one and only innovation so far.

T-Seal separates closing and labeling areas of shipping-containers to an exchangeable seal, which leaves th container´s body in virgin state and ready for multiple re-use by only exchanging the T-Seal between customers.

Currently I am still in the acquisition phase and cannot share a case study yet. Nevertheless, RWTH Aachen is currently conducting a Lifecycle analysis for my concept, analyzing the environmental benefit of re-using shipping-material with T-Seal.

https://www.kommund.com/