Transport packaging items such as pallets (metal, plastic or wood), corrugated cardboard boxes and paperboard can be manufactured using recycled-content feedstock.

Recycled-content products save energy and resources, while also keeping waste out of landfills and incinerators. Recycled-content products can be made with post-consumer content, pre-consumer content, or a mix of both. Products made with post-consumer recycled content support our recycling programs at home and at work. If people do not buy products with post-consumer recycled content, manufacturers will no longer want the paper, cans, glass, or plastic we separate from trash. Pre-consumer content comes primarily from manufacturer scrap and does not directly support the use of materials we recycle at home and work.

See the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide for more information on the performance, availability and cost of recycled-content products.

Links to more information on Purchasing Recycled Content Packaging

• Minnesota Recycled Products Directory
• Packaging Waste Reduction
• Recycling, reusing and eliminating corrugated cardboard
• Kodak's Product Stewardship - Lightweighting
• Corrugated Packaging Council
• American Forest & Paper Association

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Focus On: Reducing Package Waste

• Eliminate or Minimize Unnecessary Packaging
• Purchase Reusable Transport Packaging
• Recycle Transport Packaging Waste
• Purchase Recycled Content Packaging

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