Responsible Packaging

Green materials, Earth-friendly products and lean procedures bring sustainability to your business.

We manufacture and distribute corrugated containers, labels, cushioning systems and packaging products—that’s our business.

Taking responsibility for the environment and making certain that the materials we use come from managed, sustainable sources—that’s our commitment. This includes ensuring that the highest possible percentage of our product is made using recycled content, and is itself also recyclable. It’s all built into our system, which includes:

• Environmentally friendly products
• In-house waste reduction, collection and recycling
• RoHS compliance
• Water-based inks and adhesives

Materials are made from material supplied by Sustainable Forestry Initiative participants. The initiatives and standards set forth by the SFI ensure the long term viability of North American Forests.  Through SFI monitored requirements, an estimated 1.7 million trees are planted per day. By responsibly managing this renewable resource, corrugated is the outright leader in sustainable feedstock materials.

Approximately 60% of the energy used by the U.S. paper industry comes from renewable biofuels. By not relying on petroleum based energy, corrugated leads the way in alternative energy processing.

Corrugated is the outright leader in recyclable packaging materials. Over 25 million tons of corrugated is recycled and the average amount of recycled content in finished corrugated containers exceeds 40%.

In addition to the above, the corrugated industry practices the “3-R” approach to sustainability.  Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. In the past 15 years, almost 20% of the corrugated content has been reduced from finished shipping containers. Less unit content means less total waste.