Feels Light, Less Filling
The recipe for success for today’s paperboard is to make it lighter while advancing its sustainable features.
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Curiously, the increased recycling during this era of creating sustainable goods can also have a negative impact in terms of capacity. “Recycling costs versus landfill costs merit watching for all packaging materials,” asserts Gettinger. “The recent sharp decline in the cost of recycled materials does not translate into lower cost of goods using recycled content.” She explains that the reason is the price may be so low that collectors of recycled materials can’t cover the processing costs. “Some recyclers have started charging fees, stopped accepting materials, or even gone out of business,” she adds. “The glut of recycled goods may have to be landfilled, for which producers are charged a fee.”
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