South Australia’s electricity distributor replaced bins and plastic-wrapped pallets with reusable lidded tubs for moving items between depots.
- Authors / organisation
- Green Industries SA
- Study type
- Institutional report
- Evidence strength
- Evidence: Low
- Sample / scope
- One organisation's depot network, measured trial
- Key finding
- Reusable lidded tubs between depots instead of bins and plastic-wrapped pallets save about A$270 a month.
- Headline number
- About A$270 a month saved
- Caveats / how it is misquoted
- State agency case study of a measured trial at one organisation; the saving is approximate and the page gives no year.
- Open access
- Yes
- Verified on
- 24 September 2026
SA Power Networks moves parts and materials between its depots across South Australia. It trialled reusable lidded tubs in place of bins and pallets wrapped in plastic film.
Green Industries SA, the state’s waste and circular economy agency, reports that the change saves about A$270 a month.
It is an example of reusable transport packaging working inside one organisation, where the containers always come back.
