Reducing the Group’s resource consumption
Preserving natural resources, primarily in packaging and paper consumption, and waste recycling are two other important parts of Rexel’s environmental approach.
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Preserving natural resources, primarily in packaging and paper consumption, and waste recycling are two other important parts of Rexel’s environmental approach.
1,109
tons of WEEE recycled in 2020
65.8%
rate of waste recovery in 2020
Packaging consumption is inherent to Rexel’s distribution business. Efforts to limit its use involve adapting the size of packaging to that of products, designing innovative recyclable packaging, and choosing reusable materials. In many countries, Rexel’s warehouses have set up a pre-packing system that automatically selects the packaging best suited to the order. Rexel’s subsidiary Conectis has designed a “Roll’n Box,” a cardboard box that is both lighter and more practical than a wooden reel.
Generalizing selective waste sorting in the Group’s logistics centers enables cardboard boxes, certain kinds of plastic film and wood waste to be recycled. The Group also encourages its branches to implement selective sorting and, for subsidiaries depending on local waste collection services, to sign waste collection and recycling contracts with private service providers. Two thirds of the waste generated is thus recycled (65,8% in 2018). Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling is ensured.
The digitization of catalogues and brochures, the dematerialization of order processes, collaboration with the main printing solutions service provider, and employee awareness-raising campaigns have enabled a reduction in paper consumption.
-10%
of energy consumption in 2020 vs. 2019
-21.5%
of energy consumption from internal fleet in 2020 vs. 2019
-17
of paper consumption in 2020 vs. 2019