"We have implemented a concept that existed about a hundred years ago, that of the milk, beer, and lemonade delivery person who came to your home and also picked up the packaging of previously consumed products,” explains Charles Christory.
Le Fourgon indeed takes care of delivering all products that can be transported in glass bottles and jars, soups, canned goods, pasta, rice, coffee, beauty products, cleaning supplies, and pet products, which are then collected, sorted, cleaned, and refilled by a producer, and so on, about forty times. It’s about giving a new life to each packaging, ensuring it is not single-use, and thus combating excessive energy consumption.
On the other hand, there is the health issue with microplastics and nanoplastics present everywhere. It’s about trying to reduce the quantities in circulation.
Moreover, Le Fourgon also removes the last barriers to adopting the deposit system with its home service, primarily for individuals, but also within companies.
"It’s also about bringing meaning back to our carbon consumption as well as to the origin and quality of our products,” emphasizes Charles Christory. Le Fourgon also offers its own local products for delivery, such as its new ketchup sauce, free from additives and preservatives.
"This is really what we are trying to do today, to show that there is a different path from the consumption model we have known for 40, 50 years, the single-use path aimed at selling as many products as cheaply as possible with maximum margins, and then pushing prices down everywhere, especially for producers. We are trying to be this slightly different path around packaging, but also around the product,” concludes Charles Christory.
