Sonoco Expanding Residential Recycling of Paper Cups to its Mill in Hartsville, South Carolina
July 05 2022 - 6:45AM
Sonoco (NYSE: SON) today announced it is expanding post-consumer
recovery and recycling opportunities for paper cups in bales of
mixed paper to be used as raw material at its Hartsville, S.C.,
paperboard mill to produce new paperboard.
All of Sonoco’s United States paper mills have
previously validated that they can accept rigid paper cans in bales
of mixed paper coming from residential Material Recovery Facilities
(MRFs). This new announcement extends acceptance to paper cups at
the Hartsville mill. Additional testing is underway with the aim of
expanding cup recycling to all Sonoco mills that utilize
residential mixed paper.
“Sonoco is uniquely positioned as a leading
recycler, paper mill operator and paper packaging converter to help
push the industry to look towards future innovations and grow end
of life solutions across the entire paper value chain,” said
Elizabeth Rhue, Vice President of Global Environmental,
Sustainability, and Centralized Technology. “After validating that
our mills could recycle EnviroCan paper containers in residential
mixed paper, we decided to further demonstrate the ability to
recycle other similar polycoated fiber-based containers through the
post-consumer mixed paper stream.”
This collaboration across Sonoco’s U.S. vertically
integrated manufacturing network further demonstrates the
flexibility the Company possesses to recycle and process
fiber-based packaging through conventional paper mill pulping
systems.
“Paper cups are made with materials that are
highly desirable to paper mills because of its ability to improve
new products with recycled fiber,” said Natha Dempsey, President of
the Foodservice Packaging Institute. “Those paper mills, including
Sonoco, who are a part of the Paper Cup Alliance have committed to
supporting the industry in building the infrastructure and
developing the practices that make paper the best choice for anyone
who cares about the future of our planet.”
“This is one of many steps Sonoco is taking to
further our commitment to responsible material sourcing at our
manufacturing operations, while building material circularity into
the broader industry,” Rhue said. “If a consumer recycles a paper
cup or an EnviroCan paper container, and it is sorted into the
mixed paper stream, the products can now be sent to our Hartsville
mill to be turned into a number of new fiber products, including
new EnviroCan containers.”
To learn more about Sonoco’s sustainability and
recycling efforts, visit www.sonoco.com.
About Sonoco Founded in 1899,
Sonoco (NYSE: SON) is a global provider of consumer, industrial,
healthcare and protective packaging. With net sales of projected to
be $7.25 billion to $7.5 billion in 2022, the Company has
approximately 22,000 employees working in more than 300 operations
in 32 countries, serving some of the world’s best-known brands in
some 85 nations. Sonoco is committed to creating sustainable
products, services and programs for its customers, employees and
communities that support our corporate purpose of Better Packaging.
Better Life. The Company ranked first in the Packaging sector on
Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 2022 as well as being
included in Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies for the third
consecutive year. For more information, visit www.sonoco.com.
Contact:
Lisa Weeks
843-383-7524
lisa.weeks@sonoco.com
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