Award winning Miracle-Gro box produced by Smurfit-Stone
Smurfit-Stone a major producer of containerboard and other corrugated paper products used for making boxes and packaging materials has set a record for recycled content processing. The company processed over 7 million tons of recyclables last year according to a story in the industry publication Waste News.
Smurfit-Stone produces boxes and other types of paperboard packaging materials. Major US companies like Amazon.com and the US Postal Service rely heavily on Smurfit-Stone boxes as do smaller companies like 360 Vodka.
360 Vodka's innovative reusable shipping case box is produced by Smurfit-Stone and is made entirely from recycled content.
According to Smurfit-Stone they are a leading recycler of paper. Roughly 45 percent of all the fiber the company collects is used in its own manufacturing mills to create new products. The company has twenty-four recycling plants and sixteen paper mills.
According to Waste News of the 7 million tons of recycled fiber handled by Smurfit-Stone 6.8 million tons were paper.
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