MEO reduces its packagings

The "responsible" approach of the coffee merchant concerns the international with a relationship of fidelity, quality and equity with producers, and it also concerns the local with the impacts on the neighborhood (local jobs, consultation with residents, catalyst system to reduce odors, sorting waste towards revaluing lines, for example coffee beans silverskins reused by winemakers or for animal feed, recovery of papers by Elise insertion workshops).

In line with these commitments, Méo has developed, in partnership with Eco-emballage and the Ecole Supérieure en Emballage et Conditionnement de Reims (Packaging and Conditioning Academy of Reims) (ESIEC), a reflection on the eco-design of packagings and the loading of pallets. The weight and volume of the packagings were reduced by decreasing the thickness of the polyethylene layer. The format of the boxes has been reviewed: by increasing by a few centimeters the height of the boxes in which the coffee pods are packaged, 200,000 boxes have been saved, enabling a better filling of the pallets, and fewer trucks on the road for the same volume of products.