Corrugated Board Packaging as Illustration

RECYCLABLE PACKAGING - Environmentally sound
Corrugated has one of the best recovery and recycling records of any packaging material on earth and it is one of the few packaging materials that reaches the targets set by the European Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste.

It is made from natural and renewable resources and after use, as it is 100% recyclable, it becomes new paper again for the benefit of the environment.

Compared to reusable systems, corrugated packaging dramatically diminishes the number of lorries on the road, reducing polluting emissions from transport. It also offers exceptional stacking and space utilisation, which guarantees optimum loading of trucks meaning far less vehicles on the road. Corrugated packaging solutions furthermore offer efficient and user-friendly solutions for bringing the products to the shelves in the stores.

It seems that despite any valid evidence, reusables are perceived to be more “environmentally friendly”, because of their repeated use.
This is one of the main misperceptions recyclable packaging will have to work to change.
In the case of corrugated packaging, it does not require any washing, cleaning or drying which unnecessarily increase costs and add to the environmental impact. It offers a clean and hygienic new container each time, therefore limiting the contamination problems sometimes associated with reuse of packaging for short shelf-life foods.

Recycling and reuse of packaging materials should have equal status in European legislation.