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Best Practices in Sustainable

Procurement o Paperboard

MAY | 2011

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Best Practices in Sustainable Paperboard

Procurement

a) Three Focus Areas in Sustainable Paperboard Procurement

1. Long-term Supplier Engagement

Joint Process Improvement

Better Product Understanding

Better Price Negotiation

Cross Country Engagement

Volume Concentration

2. Product Specifcation Improvement

Streamlining the Specications Used

Light Weighting

Reduce or Eliminate Excess Packaging

3. Comply with Environmental Sustainability Measures

Avoid procuring orest products rom countries with highincidences o illegal logging

Perorm lie cycle analysis to understand the environmentalimpact o a given product

Use sustainability scorecards and checklists to ensurecompliance

Seek legal counsel to ensure regulatory compliance

Ensure post-consumer recycled content in paperboardproducts

Reduce energy consumption and switch to renewable energysources

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Business Sustainability

Cost Reduction:

Excessive Inventory

Over Processing

Overproduction

Excessive Movement

Excessive Waiting

Deects/Rework Non-value-added

Transportation

Inaccurate Inormation

Social Responsibility

Prevention o Air, Water, andLand Pollution

Conservation o NaturalResources and Energy

Reducing Landll Waste

Setting objectives and targetsto address these elements oenvironmental sustainability

is the key or successulimplementation.

Environmental Sustainability

Conorming to local, state and ederal

regulatory requirements

Abstract

This whitepaper ocuses on the current global trends in the sustainable measures in paperboard packaging. It also outlines the dierentmeasures o sustainability and the various steps that have to be taken to ensure sustainable procurement o paperboard packaging.

Overview

The Three Aspects o Sustainability in Paperboard Packaging

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b) Sustainable Practices in Board Specifcations

Sustainability in Recycled Paperboard

Wastewater measures the amount o process water that is treated

and released to a mill’s receiving waters.

0% recycled paper uses 234,537,650 gallons

50% recycled paper would use 139,755,360 gallons, i.e.

40.41% less.

100% recycled paper would use 44,973,070 gallons, i.e.

80.82% less.

Wastewater volume indicates both the amount o resh water needed

n production and the potential impact o wastewater discharges on

he receiving waters.

Solid Waste includes sludge and other wastes generated during pulp

and paper manuacturing, and used paper disposed o in landlls and

ncinerators.

0% recycled paper uses 22,581,630 pounds.

50% recycled paper would use 18,265,465 pounds, i.e.19.11% 

less.

100% recycled paper would use 13,949,300 pounds, i.e.

38.22% less.

Wood use measures the amount o wood required to produce a

given amount o paper.

0% recycled paper uses 40,040 tons, the equivalent o about

280,280 trees

50% recycled paper I would use 20,020 tons less , the

equivalent o about 140,140 ewer trees

100% recycled paper II would use 40,040 tons less, the

equivalent o about 280,280 ewer trees

The number o typical trees assumes a mix o hardwoods and

otwoods 6-8” in diameter and 40’ tall.

An energy credit or energy that is created by burning paper – or themethane that decomposing paper creates – at the end o its lie. The

Net Energy takes the total amount o energy required to make the

paper over its lie cycle, and subtracts this energy credit.

0% recycled paper uses 324,106 million BTUs.

50% recycled paper I would use 263,698 million BTUs, i.e.

18.63% less BTU.

100% recycled paper II would use2 03,290 million BTUs, i.e.

37.27% less BTU.

Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2) rom burning

ossil uels and methane rom paper decomposing in landlls,

contribute to climate change by trapping energy rom the sun in the

earth’s atmosphere. The unit o measure is CO2

equivalents.

0% recycled paper uses 71,374,220 lbs. CO2

e.

50% recycled paper would use 54,353,500 lbs. CO2e, i.e.

23.84% less CO2e

100% recycled paper would use 37,332,780 lbs. CO2e. i.e.

47.69% less CO2e

Sustainable Practices in Board Specifcations

Post-Consumer Waste (PCW): PCW is increasingly being used

in paperboard manuacturing. The post-consumer waste content

recommended by EPA in recycled olding cartonboard in1995

was 35%, and in 2003, it increased to 40-80%. Currently, the

recommendation states that boards can contain PCR content

between 35% and 85%.

Use o Eucalyptus: Eucalyptus is being increasingly used or

paperboard packaging as the availability o eucalyptus is high in

most o the emerging countries o paper and board production.

Usage o eucalyptus satises both the cost and sustainability

parameters. Eucalyptus can be grown cost eectively in low cost

countries, such as Brazil, and it also has a short rotation period.

It also allows achieving greater strength with lower density per

caliper, thereby resulting in higher yield.

Recycled Content: Solid bleached sulate (SBS) paperboard,

with signicantly higher economic and environmental costs,

now has the option o an SBS with recycled content in the inner

layer.

New Technologies: Paper recyclers are developing new

technologies designed to handle, identiy, and separate paper

grades or recycling. One enhancement technology allows

segregation o paper bers during the recycling process

according to ber length, coarseness, and stiness through a

sequential centriuging and screening process.

Aqueous Coatings: Aqueous coatings tend to be the most

environmentally riendly. Most o the ormulations use

nonpolluting water as a solvent.

Soya Inks: Soya ink can reduce carbon emission causing air

pollution making it a more environmentally riendly choice than

traditional inks.

Alcohol-ree Printing: Saety, governmental concerns, and

environmental pressures have caused printers to convert to

alcohol-ree printing. This oers improved quality, lower costs,

a saer pressroom, and improved color reproduction. Alcoholsubstitutes have been developed to replace the alcohol as a

solution making it saer to use.

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Author: 

Raghunanda E Rao | Research Analyst

Conclusion

Sustainable practices in paperboard packaging involve three actors, such as business sustainability, environmental sustainability, andsocial responsibility. Sustainable paperboard packaging practices are increasingly being used due to consumer & retailer pressure,government regulations, environmental concerns, and technological advancements. Long-term supplier engagements, improvement oproduct specication, and environmental considerations have to be taken to ensure successul implementation o sustainability measures.

Reerences

Article published by paper ino, an agency based in Europe, working in the eld o International Trade. http://www.ed.org

Article published in Environmental Leader is the leading daily or inormation based on energy, environmental and sustainabilitynews.

Data and inormation rom Environmental Deense Fund and ENCE.

Article published by Paperboard Packaging Council, the leading industry association serving suppliers and converters o all orms opaperboard packaging.

Report published by Paperboard Packaging Alliance, they provide the paperboard packaging industry with ongoing analysis o evolvingpackaging requirements and promotes the benets o paperboard packaging and products.