Packaging Waste Reduction

Paper Packaging

More than 90 percent of all shipping containers moving by truck, rail, and air are corrugated boxes. That is why the corrugated box business is the largest single segment of the packaging industry at $20+ billion per year in the USA. Corrugated is one of the nation's most highly recycled packaging materials, but more can be done to keep this material out of landfills. For example, through a simple redesign of a box, one manufacturer saved $360,000.

See also: Case Studies

Resources

• Corrugated Packaging Council (CPC) is a nonpartisan coalition that develops and coordinates industry-wide programs to address corrugated packaging issues.
• Old Corrugated Containers: Recycling, Reusing and Eliminating Corrugated Cardboard. From the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance.
• A very comprehensive list of packaging website links can be found on Hewlett Packard's packaging website.
• Use our Waste Prevention Info Exchange. Here you can search for articles, reports, and other materials covering waste prevention (source reduction) related topics.

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