The Forest Products Industry has a positive environmental profile, and 100% of its resources come from above the ground. These forests remove about 600 million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere, largely off-setting any CO2 that is caused when making paperboard packaging.
Paperboard Renewable. Recyclable. Remarkable.
Today it's your beer case, soda case, or frozen pizza. Tomorrow it might hold a cereal or cake mix. You may call it cardboard or paper, but the industry name is paperboard. And its one remarkable material.
It's made from pine trees, therefore renewable. And we replace more trees than we use. Reforestation is the cornerstone of sustainable forestry. For every tree that is harvested at least 5 new ones are planted.
Pine grows fast too, vigorously absorbing CO2 to sustain their fast growth rate. Pine fibers are long and strong, so your 24-pack of soda doesn’t tear as it goes from bottler to store to your car and then into your fridge. What's more, paperboard is recyclable up to 7 times.
Today it's your beer case, soda case, or frozen pizza. Tomorrow it might hold a cereal or cake mix. You may call it cardboard or paper, but the industry name is paperboard. And its one remarkable material.
It's made from pine trees, therefore renewable. And we replace more trees than we use. Reforestation is the cornerstone of sustainable forestry. For every tree that is harvested at least 5 new ones are planted.
Pine grows fast too, vigorously absorbing CO2 to sustain their fast growth rate. Pine fibers are long and strong, so your 24-pack of soda doesn’t tear as it goes from bottler to store to your car and then into your fridge. What's more, paperboard is recyclable up to 7 times.
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Recycling depends on
all of us. Truth is, everytime a package is tossed into a landfill the cycle comes to a halt. |
For example:
Start with paperboard beverage (soda/beer) cartons from managed forests and made from pine trees 
Recycle into paperboard cereal boxes
Recycle into paperboard snack food boxes
Recycle into corrugated boxes
Recycle into notebook paper
Recycle into newspaper
Recycle into compost and home insulation |
By following sustainable forestry practices a managed forest balances the need for forestry products with a "stewardship of trees, streams, wetlands, soils, plants and animals." Meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability to meet the needs of future generations.
The paperboard packaging we produce at Graphic Packaging comes from pine trees that are managed under sustainable forestry practices.
The paperboard packaging we produce at Graphic Packaging comes from pine trees that are managed under sustainable forestry practices.
