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Paper cooler for cold-chain shipping
Cold-chain shipping often requires specialized packaging to help protect temperature-sensitive products during transport. Traditional expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam coolers are good at protecting products but are not widely recycled in many regions, creating disposal issues for our customers.
Our 100% paper cooler is designed to meet the thermal requirements needed to protect product quality while reducing reliance on EPS coolers. While EPS coolers are used to ship a portion of our cold-chain shipments, the paper cooler is an important step forward in our journey.
How to recycle your paper cooler
The paper cooler is made from 100% paper—from the corrugate box to the paper insulation— and should be recycled alongside other paper and corrugate materials. Corrugated packaging is widely recycled, with a high recovery rate in the U.S. and Europe.
Every 10,000 paper coolers shipped keeps more than 6,500 cubic feet of EPS from landfills.
Thermo Fisher Scientific does not provide a return program for coolers (except for the reusable shipper associated with clinical trial services). Life-cycle analyses often show that transporting a cooler back can release more carbon than it takes to generate a new cooler. For this reason, we encourage our customers to recycle our paper coolers and explore using local EPS recyclers for foam coolers.
Partner with us on this green innovation
Our paper cooler packaging approach is protected by US patent numbers 8,453,477; 9,139,319; 11,511,927; 11,760,555; 12,528,636; European patent EP3873819; and related patents (Germany - 602019037615.4; Italy - 502023000058137; France - 3873819; Poland - 3873819; Lithuania - 3873819; Finland - 3873819; and Netherlands - 3873819); United Kingdom patent number GB3873819; Australia patent number 2019370550; Singapore patent number 11202104477P; India patent number 535288; Japan patent number 7464596; South Korea patent number 10-2826666, as well as pending patent applications as we continue to innovate more sustainable solutions.
We’re always seeking partners who share our passion for making the world healthier, cleaner and safer. For licensing and commercial use information, please contact outlicensing@thermofisher.com.
