Sustainable Product Offering
Environmental choices for pressure sensitive applications
Choose Paper as the preferred substrate
Paper made from wood fiber is a sustainable substrate choice for your Pressure Sensitive (PS) labeling 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 and biodegradable. Paper also has a higher recovery rate than other substrate choices such as plastic, which makes it a great choice for initiating a sustainable lifecycle. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 2006, 59% of the paper used in the United States for containers and packaging was recovered from the waste stream for recycling. This compares to an 11% recovery rate for plastics.*
Choose a trusted supplier
- Responsibly sourcing of raw materials
- Continuously improving its manufacturing environmental footprint
- Incorporating sustainability into product design
- Encouraging employee and community involvement in environmental sustainability
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
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain of custody certifications are equally valued across PS Label printers, converters, package designers and brand owners
- Recycled fiber content in PS label facestocks results in the greatest impact on purchase probability across all key supply chain participants
- Recycled fiber content in PS label release liners has a greater impact on purchase probability than the use of unbleached fiber content across all key supply chain participants
| SFI® Chain of Custody | PEFC™ Chain of Custody | FSC Chain of Custody | Recycled Content | |
| AvantEdge Auto Applying Label Release 2.2 | • | • | ||
| AvantEdge Auto Applying Label Release 2.5 | • | • | ||
| AvantEdge Label Release 2.8 | • | • | ||
| AvantEdge Label Release 3.2 | • | • | ||
| Compel Semi Gloss Label RC 80 GSM | • | 30% | ||
| Compel Semi Gloss Label RC 87 GSM | • | 30% | ||
| Inform Office Label 100% RC 75 GSM | • | 100% |
* Source: EPA Municipal Solid Waste 2006 Fact Sheet www.epa.gov
** Source: Boise Sustainability Profiles Study February 2008
Key cost drivers and impacts on the Pressure Sensitive Market
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