Isn’t transporting the beverage containers south expensive?
• Transportation is organized to be as efficient, cheap and environmentally friendly as possible. Depending upon the community and time of year, beverage containers are being transported by either road, winter road or barge. • The following factors are considered when organizing transportation: • Backhauls. Transport that brings products to communities could take beverage containers out. • Full loads are cheaper than half loads. • One kind of material for each truckload and one market stop is cheaper than multiple materials and more than one stop. • Materials should be packaged so they are easy to load and unload.
