Corrugated Board : Environmental considerations and information

Corrugated Board

Corrugated Board is an industry standard recycled paper-board product with various fluting types that can be selected depending upon application. Corrugated Board is often directly printed or litho mounted for high volume projects. There is a very large range of product options.

Various sizes of Corrugated Board are available.

Recycled paper fibre content of Corrugated Board is generally high, depending on the grade of facing paper used.

Points to consider when selecting corrugated board

Reduce with corrugated board

Corrugated Board is made up from corrugations and facings of thin recycled paper and is therefore lightweight.

A lot of display solutions require dimensionally stable boards, which often require a thicker product, making solutions heavier than Ultra Board and Foam Board.

Re-use of corrugated board

Corrugated Board is not generally re-used.

Recycle and recycle-ability of corrugated board

Being a paper-based product Corrugated Board products are easily recycled through established card or mixed paper collection systems.

Corrugated board is generally screen or digitally printed and still suitable for recycling.

Should Corrugated Board have to go to Landfill after use, due to dissimilar material lamination the lightweight nature reduces the weight against which landfill tax is charged.