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title: "Returnable Vs Expendable Packaging: A Cost Savings Analysis"
description: The people over at packagingrevolution.net recently published an article with Swedish company Pågen’s findings on the annual cost savings they had by switching from expendable to returnable packaging. By switching to a returnable/nestable pallet, Pågen was able to save 40% in both shipping and warehouse space, and in turn, was able to save approximately $500,000.00 […]
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# Returnable Vs Expendable Packaging: A Cost Savings Analysis

- [April 25, 2018](https://blog.diverseglobal.com/constructive-thinking/archive/2018/04/25/)
- 12:49 PM

The people over at [packagingrevolution.net](http://packagingrevolution.net/) recently published an article with Swedish company Pågen’s findings on the annual cost savings they had by switching from expendable to returnable packaging. By switching to a returnable/nestable pallet, Pågen was able to save 40% in both shipping and warehouse space, and in turn, was able to save approximately $500,000.00 per year in shipping costs.

Read more at [http://packagingrevolution.net/nestable-pallet-program-eliminates-253-return-truckloads-annually/](http://packagingrevolution.net/nestable-pallet-program-eliminates-253-return-truckloads-annually/)

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