Paper-based packaging — products like cardboard, paperboard, shipping sacks, and paper bags — is made from renewable resources (recycled paper fiber and trees) that are replanted to ensure a sustainable supply. These products are also the most-recycled materials, by weight, in the United States.
Paper Bags & Shipping Sacks
Paper bags and shipping sacks come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
You probably use them daily for shopping, carrying heavy groceries, as well as packing school lunches or to carry and protect your takeout food.
Shipping sacks, also referred to as multiwall sacks, are made from more than one wall of paper and other protective barriers. They are ideal for shipping bulk materials. In addition, shipping sacks as well as paper bags are recyclable, reusable and compostable.
Paper bags and shipping sacks are highly recycled, reusable, and compostable.
Why Should I Use Paper Packaging?
Paper package gives all of us a sustainable option for carrying our purchases, shipping in bulk, and packaging our medicines and makeup.
Advantages include:
- Cost: these products are while offering a great deal of flexibility and customization
- Convenience: paper package is sturdy, holds a lot without breaking, and can easily be broken down for recycling
- Flexibility: both lightweight and strong, paper package is incredibly adaptable. Think of the brown paper sack — it can carry groceries, serve as a bag for lawn clippings, be used by children as sturdy book covers, be composted, or be stored to be used over and over again as a paper bag. The possibilities are seemingly endless!
Want to learn more about paper packaging? Hear from the pulp and Paper workers who make paper-based package explain how these products are incredibly innovative from start to finish.
What are some types of paper packaging?
Containerboard & Paperboard
Containerboard is best known as cardboard, but is also referred to as containerboard, corrugated containerboard, and corrugated fiberboard within the industry. Containerboard is the single most-recycled package material in the U.S.
Paperboard, also known as boxboard, is a paper-based material that is generally thicker than regular paper. Paperboard comes in several different grades suitable for different needs – from cereal boxes to medicinal and cosmetic boxes.
Benefits of Using Paper Packaging
Paper package is a sustainable, reliable, and cost-efficient way to transport and protect a wide range of products like groceries, medicine, animal feed, and cement.
Sustainable
Paper-based package is recycled more than any other package material in the U.S.
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Reliable and Secure
From boxes that arrive at our doorsteps to bags that carry groceries, paper-based package products are designed to be reliable and secure.
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Practical
Made to be sturdy, but lightweight, as well as versatile and cost-efficient, paper-based packaging products are a practical choice made daily by millions of businesses and consumers alike.
