Ecology

Recycling

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Due to this reliable collecting system, corrugated board can also be defined as circulation packaging. Corrugated board can be recycled up to seven times.

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Useful raw material

Corrugated board as raw material for paperboard

Waste packaging is the most important raw material for paperboard. Due to the high percentage of waste paperfibre (77%), corrugated board industry is one of the biggest consumers of waste paper in Austria.

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Fresh fibres

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The necessary virgin fibre percentage (approx. 23%) for our domestic paperboards is gained from waste wood and wood obtained from controlled forestry, thus keeping up the forested areas. For the "cirulation packaging" corrugated board no tree has to die.

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