EP61: Bringing reusable shipping packages to an industry drowning in cardboard - Returnity

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Guest

Mike Newman

Role

CEO

Flagship Product

Reusable shipping packages

HQ

Brooklyn, New York

Returnity on In Good Hands

Background

As ecommerce increases its share of total consumer spend, the mountains of single use poly-mailers and cardboard boxes continue to pile up.

Solution

Enter Returnity - the startup eliminating single use shipping packages with their reusable packaging solutions. The company works with brands like Rent the Runway, ThredUp, Boxed and many more to implement reusable shipping packages into their customer journey such that after delivery, the packages are returned, cleaned, and reintegrated back into the supply chain.

Episode Brief

Returnity’s CEO, Mike Newman, joins us on this week’s episode to discuss:

  • Pivoting the company after a request from the ThredUp CEO

  • How Returnity integrates into a brand’s supply chain

  • Powering reuse in a world of cardboard and poly mailers

  • The key issues plaguing national couriers like UPS

  • How gov’t and private industry can solve delivery

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Credits

HOST

Peter Levin

PRODUCTION

Dan Mahoney

MUSIC

Eddie Knuckles

Peter Levin