Big Bags

Reusable Transport Packaging Systems

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From oceanBag to practical reuse support

The oceanBag project, funded by the Versnellingshuis, explored how reusable FIBCs, or Big Bags, could work at scale. Together, we demonstrated the environmental operational and financial potential of reuse and developed practical guidance for design, safety, cleaning and quality control. Project results can be found in the report below.

Searious Business is fully equipped to support businesses in assessing where reusable big bags are viable, understanding their PPWR obligations, choosing the right closed-loop, pooled or hybrid model, developing the business case, finding suitable partners and moving from concept to implementation.

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Poster titled "Why Reusable Big Bags Matter Now" with three sections: Environmental Impact, Operational resilience, and Regulatory Pressure. The poster discusses the importance of reusable big bags for reducing plastic waste and CO2 emissions, operational challenges including unstable prices and shipping disruptions, and regulatory requirements for tracking, validation, and reuse targets.

WHAT WE DO

Transitioning to reusable Big Bags is about much more than replacing a bag. Companies must make decisions on system design, logistics, safety, quality control, digital tracking, compliance and user adoption, often without established infrastructure or clear market standards to guide them. Knowing where to start, and which approach is right for your business, can be challenging.

Assess PPWR pathways

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Define most viable system set-up

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Pilot implementation

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Connect the supply chain

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The clock is ticking….

  • Identify where reuse is technically and commercially viable

  • Clarify your PPWR exposure and compliance pathway

  • Avoid costly pilots in unsuitable applications

  • Build a robust business case using your actual volumes and logistics

  • Connect with qualified manufacturing, cleaning, pooling, logistics and tracking partners

  • Implement a practical pilot and internal decision roadmap

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Ready to explore reusable Big Bags?

Let’s identify the right pathway for your business.

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Book titled "OceanBag Reusable Big Bags" with a crane lifting a blue bag in front of a brick building, on a clear day.

Download the oceanBag project report

Project report titled 'oceanBag' with an image of a blue reusable bag placed on a blue pallet, displaying the oceanBag logo, on a printed document.
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Case Studies

oceanBag partners

  • Searious Business: Project coordination, economic and environmental evaluations, and business case modelling.

  • LC Packaging: Supplier and (re)conditioning services.

  • Worldbag: Responsible for cleaning, inspection and quality control.

  • Bas van den Ende: Recycler and supplier of regranulate.

  • Bexter: Digital platform provider for tracking and monitoring.

  • Re3v: Pooling and logistics partner.

  • Procter & Gamble: User of big bags for the production of household products.

  • Weylchem: User of Big Bags for the

    supply of chemicals to Procter & Gamble.

  • PCT: Logistics platform for pallet pooling.

Row of logos for various companies, including Searious Business, Royal Packaging, Bas van Ende, worldbag, Bexter, Weylchem, P&G, and PCT.
Infographic illustrating recycle and reuse process for big bags, including coordination, digital infrastructure, cleaning, repairing, and recycling facilities, and end-user roles.

REUSABLE PACKAGING

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Monthly recap

Stay up to date with our projects and other developments in the circular economy