Sustainable Product Offering
Environmental choices for flexible packaging applications
Paper made from wood fiber is a sustainable substrate choice for your flexible packaging needs. It is difficult for other substrates to match the combination of cost efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of paper. Paper is made from a renewable resource (wood), and is recyclable. Paper also has a higher recovery rate than other substrate choices, such as plastics, which makes it a great choice for initiating a sustainable lifecycle. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 2008, 65.5% of the paper and paperboard used in the United States for containers and packaging was recovered from the waste stream for recycling. This compares to an 13.2% recovery rate for plastics.* In addition, Boise EcoOGR product is manufactured at a facility which utilizes wind power as an energy source.
Determine the sustainability attributes your customers want
In an effort to optimize sustainability in product design, Boise has been guided by market research in the pressure sensitive industry which generated the following insights:**
- Recycled fiber content and chain of custody certifications are the two most cited attributes industry participants plan to include in sustainability action plans
- Flexible Packaging converters, package designers and brand owners are relatively indifferent to chain of custody certification type
- When sustainability attributes are added to products, brand owners and packaging designers exhibit an increase in purchase probability twice that of the flexible packaging converters indicating the opportunity to fulfill an unmet need
| SFI® Chain of Custody | PEFC™ Chain of Custody | FSC Chain of Custody | Recycled Content | Unbleached Content | |
Boise® C1S FlexPack™ | |||||
| 35lb Boise® C1S FlexPack™ | • | • | • | 30% | |
| 45lb Boise® C1S FlexPack™ | • | • | • | 30% | |
| 50lb Boise® C1S FlexPack™ | • | • | • | 30% | |
| 55lb Boise® C1S FlexPack™ | • | • | • | 30% | |
| 60lb Boise® C1S FlexPack™ | • | • | • | 30% | |
Boise® C1S FlexBag™ | |||||
| 41lb Boise® C1S FlexBag™ | • | • | • | 30% | 10% |
| 45lb Boise® C1S FlexBag™ | • | • | • | 30% | 10% |
| 50lb Boise® C1S FlexBag™ | • | • | • | 30% | 10% |
| 55lb Boise® C1S FlexBag™ | • | • | • | 30% | 10% |
| 68lb Boise® C1S FlexBag™ | • | • | • | 30% | 10% |
| SFI® Chain of Custody | PEFC™ Chain of Custody | Fluorochemical Free2 | |
| Boise® EcoOGR™ 18lb - 65lb | • | • | • |
* Source: EPA Municipal Solid Waste 2008 Fact Sheet
** Source: Boise Sustainability Profiles Study February 2008
1Only one chain of custody certification may be chosen.
2Product does not include fluorochemical components nor creates fluorochemical byproducts.