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2007-09-25 Manufacturing News
Packaging industry leader
renames and repositions recycling unit
Sonoco renames and expands recovering division capabilities to include
not only paper packaging materials but also plastic, metal, glass and
other recyclable materials.
Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., USA, one of the largest diversified global
packaging companies, has renamed its global recovered paper operations
as Sonoco Recycling, and repositioned the business unit to combine the
Company’s long-established recycling capabilities with new market-driven
environmentally sustainable services such as waste management consulting,
it was announced by Jack Sanders, senior vice president of Sonoco.
“As one of the largest recyclers in the packaging industry, Sonoco
(NYSE: SON) has extensive materials recovery experience, and we are constantly
developing new, cost-effective sustainable packaging solutions and services
for our customers,” said Sanders. “The fact is, Sonoco’s
recycling capabilities have grown far beyond collecting paper to meet
our internal raw material needs. Today, Sonoco Recycling has the resources
and expertise needed to meet the changing needs of our customers as they
are looking for more environmentally sustainable services.”
Sonoco annually collects about 3.5 million tons of recyclable materials.
Collections are expanding to include not only old corrugated containers
and other paper, but also plastic, metal, glass and other recyclable materials.
Sonoco Recycling collects and processes recyclable materials through 46
locations in North America and Europe, operates a fleet of trucks with
1,300 trailers and has a team of recycling professionals, many who are
experts in waste management and manufacturing process improvement.
Sonoco Recycling will continue to use and develop state-of-the-art technology
to recover, process and sell recycled materials. Last year, Sonoco began
operating a fully automated, state-of-the-art materials recovery facility
(MRF) that recycles curbside-collected and dual-stream residential and
commercial waste materials from the Raleigh and Wake County, N.C., USA
areas. The 45,000 square foot recycling facility uses a computer-automated
reclamation processing system. Sonoco Recycling operates a similar facility
in Columbia, S.C., USA.
Myles Cohen, division vice president and general manager, Sonoco Recycling,
said the Company also has the unique ability to share its recycling expertise
with other manufacturers, distribution centers, retailers and other businesses
looking to enhance their environmentally sustainable business practices.
“Recycling is a business that Sonoco has always done well,”
Cohen said. “However, today there are many new elements to the business
of Sonoco Recycling. With our extensive experience and scope of operations,
we are well positioned to reach our ultimate goal, which is to eliminate
landfill wastes for the Company and its customers.”
Sonoco Chairman, President and CEO Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., will discuss
Sonoco Recycling and the Business of Sustainable Packaging Leadership
in a Keynote Presentation at the Third Annual Sustainable Packaging Forum
in Pittsburgh, Pa., Wednesday, September 26. Myles Cohen, division vice
president and general manager, Sonoco Recycling, will also speak at the
Forum about Best Practices in Recycling and Sustainable Operations on
Thursday, September 27.
Read a recent press release about - A RPC Containers Llantrisant customer
is now offering plastics packaging of PET juice bottles containing 30
percent post consumer recycled content.
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