FOX Green program

“When we launched FOXPOST in 2014, our mission was to bring a more convenient, sustainable last mile solution to the Hungarian market. Today, in 2023, we are proud to operate one of the largest networks of parcel vending machines in the country with a total of nearly 850 machines in 278 municipalities, and FOXPOST has become a customer demand. It is increasingly important for people to find a sustainable way to manage their daily business that fits in with their rhythm of life. We can help them do that.”
Ádám Bengyel, CEO

Company name:

Foxpost Zrt.

Implementation year:

2014

Focus Areas:

Circular economy

Program Objective:

Parcel logistics services generate significant environmental pressures, mainly in terms of urban air pollution and emissions. FOXPOST was the first in the country to provide parcel delivery services in the C2C segment, creating a simple, accessible and environmentally friendly way to trade in secondary markets. With the cooperation with Vatera, Jófogás, Vinted, and by serving customers through the Facebook Marketplace, we play a significant role in shaping conscious consumer behaviour. Our efficient returns management processes also reinforce our desire to avoid unnecessary waste.

Program Measures and Commitments:

We use special boxes to transport parcels, and we improve the life of our boxes by repairing them. If they cannot be repaired, they are returned to the manufacturer for recycling.
We also repair the pallets used in the warehouse, and if they need to be replaced, we replace them with recycled pallets with a long service life. From September 2021, our parcel machines will no longer issue paper receipts to registered private individuals when they dispatch parcels, significantly reducing the amount of waste generated by our operations.
We will develop joint projects with our largest business partners to reduce the amount of packaging waste in the future. We are cleaning our vehicles with biodegradable agents and using a special technology to minimise the water we use.
The winter and summer window washer fluid used for our fleet vehicles will be purchased in 200-litre drums from 2022, preventing approximately 750 plastic bottles from becoming waste each year. The drums will be returned and reused by the window washer fluid supplier. We use EcoFoil film, which is 10 microns thick but has 5 layers, making it stronger than conventional film. It is therefore environmentally friendly, as it is practically 60% less by weight than conventional film. We have used our surplus construction nets and molinos from our marketing activities to make bags. These products made from recycled materials are sold in our webshop.
We aim to be present in most marketplaces and encourage our users to use secondary markets. As we have consciously designed our processes to serve these markets, it is also in our business interest. We are conscious and planned in the sizing of our automated crates, we are constantly educating our users on correct and sensible packaging, and we are trying to further rationalise the amount of waste we generate.

Program Impact and Results:

In the first half of 2024, we repaired 1,510 plastic crates and 649 EUR pallets and replaced 370 with recycled ones. By the end of 2022, a total of 2,385 kg less plastic waste was released into the environment by our activities through the use of EcoFoil environmentally friendly packaging material.
Our CleanGo car washing solution uses only 4 decilitres of water per car wash instead of 110 litres. Thanks to Vinted,

Keywords:

green logistics