Seasonal agriculture buys crates by the truckload for harvest then discards them, a pattern PPWR’s reuse targets directly challenge while EPR fees quietly accumulate.
The harvest-and-dump cycle
Crates are purchased for a season and abandoned afterward. The volume is enormous and, under PPWR, increasingly regulated as disposable.
Pain: peak-season EPR
At harvest, EPR liability spikes with crate purchases, yet there is no recovery system to offset it – the fee is pure cost.
- Seasonal crates are bought then dumped:Seasonal crates are bought then dumped
- Harvest spikes EPR liability:Harvest spikes EPR liability
- No recovery offsets the fee:No recovery offsets the fee
- Fold-flat crates become a pool:Fold-flat crates become a pool
Rulowin collapsible crates
Our reusable PP collapsible crates fold flat for off-season return and reissue, converting a seasonal dump into a managed, reusable pool.
Request a sample and a total-cost-of-ownership model showing where reusable PP packaging beats disposable under PPWR.