SPC releases packaging report

GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition has released a report that provides guidance for using recycled fiber in packaging.

‘Guidelines for recycled content in paper and paperboard packaging’ outlines opportunities to use recycled content in 20 common retail packaging applications, including shopping and take-out bags, cereal boxes, toothbrush blister packs, software boxes, and coffee canisters. The report ranks the greatest opportunities to use recycled content in the packaging applications discussed.

The report was completed in collaboration with packaging designers and engineers, as well as pulp and paper mill operations, and it is a companion to the Sustainable Packaging Coalition's 2010 report, ‘Guidelines for increasing post-consumer recycled content in plastic packaging’. The report provides reference charts that summarize the following considerations and opportunities for each packaging application: performance requirements; regulatory compliance requirements; technical/operational factors; aesthetic considerations; material availability; and cost.

The report is available free to SPC members and for USD $125.00 for non-members; you can download it on the SPC and GreenBlue websites.

Download ‘Guidelines for recycled content in paper and paperboard packaging’.