Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Co is promoting a new collapsible crate to store produce and a recycling system that would replace single-use cardboard boxes.
The crates and the recycling system are an essential part of the agriculture product cold-chain logistics system, as it would allow the company to standardize packaging categorization, digitize recycling information and reduce the use of shipping pallets, it said.
The collapsible crates have a uniform shape, accentuating the produce being sold, the company said.
The crates would reduce waste and save space, replacing single-use cardboard boxes that have long been the containers of choice for produce sold in bulk, it said.
The company is working with Taiwanese manufacturers to produce collapsible crates that meet international standards and conform to local habits, it added.
The First and Second Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Markets are equipped with electric forklifts and trailers that, along with the collapsible crates, would facilitate the transportation of goods to designated areas where they would stored by their tag numbers to reduce labor, the company said.
A crate collection station would be established, while a smart management system would make public whether crates are in use or awaiting collection, the company said, adding that a mobile application would be developed so that workers could better track the crates.
The company said that it would test the system at locations that mainly produce herbage crops and that the farmers’ associations in Yunlin County’s Erlun Township (二崙) and elsewhere would receive up to 30,000 collapsible crates.
“In tandem with the crate recollection system and a monetary reward given to products and distributors using the system, we hope to bring more farmers and wholesale retailers on board with the system,” the company said.
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