Why RECALO

The real cost of a load carrier isn't its price — it's everything after.

The true cost of transport packaging goes far beyond transportation — tied-up capital, administrative overhead, cleaning, repairs, return trips, lost units and waste, all distracting you from your core business. RECALO runs the entire reusable load-carrier loop for you — provided, returned, cleaned, repaired and RFID-tracked — so you manage products, not packaging.

The hidden price

The purchase price is the smallest number.

How load carriers circulate today drives cost and waste far beyond the sticker price — here is the scale.

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packaging waste per EU inhabitant per year

Peak 2021 — single-use packaging is a growing cost block, not a fixed cost.

Eurostat, Packaging waste statistics

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more EU packaging waste by 2030 — without action

European Commission projection (plastic even +46 %). Exactly what the PPWR — and reuse — address.

European Commission, PPWR

Our promise: efficiency

8 good reasons to work with RECALO.

The essence — what you actually get when RECALO runs your load-carrier loop.

1

Smart cost reduction

Significantly cut your Total Cost of Ownership vs. single-use or your own pool — via optimized warehousing, more efficient transport and faster handling.

2

Sustainable & responsible

Intelligent pooling replaces disposable packaging with durable, foldable carriers: fewer transports, far less waste and less product damage.

3

Streamlined process handling

No effort managing, procuring or cleaning carriers — optimized transport and storage, no downtime, hygienically clean carriers at the right time and place.

4

Your personal contact

A dedicated expert with deep industry knowledge builds a solution tailored precisely to your situation and products.

5

Innovative load carriers

Anti-slip surfaces, dividers and self-locking lids — complete solutions that save time vs. disposables and cut cost and CO₂ on returns through folding.

6

Advanced ERP & RFID (SAM)

Order carriers and track stock in the SAM portal; dual barcode + RFID enable proactive inventory management and group scans via the SAM app.

7

Tailored pooling solutions

We simplify your entire container logistics — the right carriers just-in-time, with transport, cleaning and maintenance all covered.

8

Global presence

Locations in Europe, the USA and Türkiye — local experts who know your industry’s requirements deliver tailor-made solutions.

Sustainability that de-risks your compliance.

  • EcoVadis Silver — independently rated sustainability, not self-praise.
  • Reuse instead of single-use: less waste and CO₂, documented for your reporting.
  • Managed pooling helps make your transport packaging PPWR-compliant.
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Total transparency in your asset management.

  • Item-level RFID + the SAM ERP portal — order, track stock, scan on site.
  • Proactive inventory management; losses become visible before they cost you.
  • Built to integrate with your ERP — the data flows where you already work.
Explore RFID + SAM

An international network that knows your industry.

  • Europe · USA · Türkiye — local experts, shorter distances, faster response.
  • We know the players and the real challenges of FMCG: Food, Beverage, Cosmetics, Pharma, Chemicals, Household, Hygiene.
  • Over 20 years of pooling experience, trusted by leading companies worldwide.
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The honest comparison

The real comparison isn't unit price — it's total cost and reliability.

Where single-use looks cheap per trip and your own pool feels like control, both hand the capital, overhead and risk back to you. Smart pooling removes the spend on acquisition, administration, repair and cleaning — RECALO’s Return on Reliability.

Single-use (one-way / wood)

  • Recurring procurement & disposal
  • Waste, CO₂ and product damage
  • No stock transparency
  • Low unit price — high total cost

Your own pool

  • Capital tied up in carriers you own
  • Cleaning, repair, tracking & admin on your books
  • Management effort + downtime
  • Medium total cost

RECALO managed pooling

Recommended
  • No acquisition, admin, repair or cleaning spend
  • Hygienically clean, just-in-time, no downtime
  • Real-time transparency (SAM + RFID)
  • Reuse cuts waste & CO₂ — high savings, lower TCO

Answers for every stakeholder

One clear answer per role.

One clear answer for each role in the buying decision.

Procurement: Is pooling really cheaper than owning our carriers?
Over the full lifecycle, yes: no acquisition cost, no cleaning/repair/tracking overhead, and a predictable per-use fee. We model your concrete total cost (TCO) before you commit.
Finance: What does this do to our balance sheet?
It shifts capex to opex and releases the capital locked in a carrier pool — there is no asset to own, depreciate or write off.
Logistics & Operations: Will the right carriers be there when we need them?
A managed European pool plus SAM inventory visibility means availability is planned, not hoped for — the right carriers, just-in-time, at the right place.
Quality: How do you protect hygiene and give us an audit trail?
Non-porous, washable carriers are cleaned to a hygienic standard every cycle, and every movement is documented in SAM via RFID — the audit trail quality teams expect.
Sustainability: Can I report the impact?
Reuse instead of single-use is documented via SAM and RFID, so reuse rate and avoided waste become numbers you can put in a report — built for the EU PPWR.
IT: Does it fit our systems?
SAM is built to integrate with your ERP, so tracking data flows into the systems you already work in.

300,000+

load carriers in managed circulation

20+

years of pooling experience

EU · USA · Türkiye

international network, local experts

Proven, not just claimed

Trust with evidence.

Certifications and customer proof in one place — the details one click away, without leaving the page.

ISO 9001Quality managementDetails

Certified quality management across the entire pooling process — provision, return, cleaning, inspection and repair.

HACCPFood hygieneDetails

A hygiene concept for handling load carriers in food-related supply chains — documented cleaning and control.

EcoVadis SilverSustainability ratingDetails

Independently assessed sustainability performance — externally verified proof, not self-praise.

“Placeholder — replace with a real customer quote and a measurable result before launch (edited in one backend place).”
N. N. · Head of Logistics, FMCG
“Placeholder — replace with a real customer quote and a measurable result before launch (edited in one backend place).”
N. N. · Procurement, FMCG

See what a managed loop would save you.

We map your load-carrier flow, model the concrete total cost, and show the reliability and sustainability gains — value first, no obligation.

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