| We all hear about global warming and the myriad | | | | products are recyclable, meaning that they can be |
| of attendant environmental consequences that | | | | used and reused in any number of ways. Finally, |
| arise. Most of us are trying to do what we can to | | | | corrugated packaging products can also be made |
| play our part in reducing the amount we | | | | out of recycled paper, including other corrugated |
| contribute to landfills and environmental | | | | packaging. That means you can have a nice |
| degradation. Corrugated packaging can be part of | | | | circular system that is effective in filling shipping |
| this process. In some ways, that may seem | | | | needs while being kind to the only planet we have |
| counterintuitive, as these packaging materials are | | | | to live on. This is a good thing, because, when it |
| made of paper, which is made of trees, which | | | | comes down to it, we really need boxes and all |
| make air, which we breathe and which keeps us | | | | the various other things for shipping. We have to |
| alive. Let’s face it, saving the planet is really | | | | ship things, there’s no way around it these |
| about preserving our ability to keep living on it, so | | | | days, and the most effective means is through |
| maybe we might not want to use it. However, | | | | cardboard boxes. Other things that boxes are |
| when you look a little deeper, that is not the case. | | | | made out of include wood, metal and plastic. |
| First, trees are a renewable resource. When | | | | These tend to be less environmentally friendly in |
| managed properly and not just cut down willy-nilly | | | | the long run, as well as heavier to ship, which |
| without replanting or heed to what happens to | | | | costs more to ship and uses more fuel. For these |
| the topsoil, they can be used to fill many needs | | | | reasons, and many others, corrugated packaging |
| without appreciable loss. Secondly, corrugated | | | | is the best way to go. |