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The corrugated industry is dedicated to recovering and recycling used boxes.
- In 2005, 76.6 percent of all containers produced were recovered for recycling... some 24.7 million tions. (AF&PA)
- Paper and paperboard represent approximately 75 percent of all packaging recovered for recycling in the U.S. (Franklin Associates)
- While there are many uses for OCC (old corrugated containers), our industry puts 61 percent of all recovered OCC back into new corrugated containers. The average corrugated box is comprised of about 43 percent recovered fibers. (AF &PA)
The corrugated industry is focused on source reduction.
- From 1994 to 2005 the amount of corrugated used to ship a unit of domestic industrial production has decreased by 19 percent.(FBA - www.fibrebox.org)
- Industry members contributed substantially to this reduction by designing more efficient packages, developing stronger papers and improving boxplant converting processes.
Corrugated Products are made from a renewable resource.
- The forest products industry plant more than 1.7 million new trees... every day! (Abundant Forests Alliance - www.abundantforests.org) These young, growing trees sequester more carbon dioxide than mature ones and therefore, offer a greater offset to greenhouse gas emissions.
- More wood grows on our nation's forests than is harvested; In fact, the amount of standing timber has increased by 39 percent since 1952, and by 10 million acres since 1990. (USDA Forest Service - www.fs.fed.us)
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