Packaging Success

Packaging designers, engineers and material scientists at Sonoco Recycling are using the company?s proprietary sustainable packaging design software to help manufacturers reduce their packaging environmental footprint by substituting or eliminating materials, down-gauging structures, and simplifying packages to improve recyclability. Sonoco is also working with customers to reduce and ultimately eliminate landfill waste at their manufacturing facilities.?We are working to balance the growing demand from our customers, consumers and retailers for ?greener? packaging with requirements for convenience, performance, and price,? said Jeff Schuetz, staff vice president, Global Technology, Consumer Packaging. ?Retailers and consumer product companies are increasingly integrating sustainability into