Said a delighted Colin Cartwright (H&S and Environmental Manager) , " We have always been proud of the service we offer clients and the way in which we conduct our business with regard to environmental matters.  Now with the award of ISO14001 certification, this has been confirmed by outside experts who are used to judging such standards on a daily basis. We couldn't be more pleased".  Stuart Clark of QMS, who undertook the assessment, paid particular tribute to the "investment in people and training that enables eastern Box to provide an efficient and environmentally friendly service to their customers".

Corrugated packaging also makes its own strong environmental case.  More and more companies are looking at how they can reduce the carbon footprint of their packaging. In this context, corrugated packaging has a very strong case to make.  Firstly, corrugated packaging is fully recyclable and 80% of our packaging is already made from already recycled paper. An established and effective infrastructure means that 84% of corrugated is already recycled in the UK.

This means that, by using corrugated instead of less environmentally friendly materials, customers are already on the path to achieving their environmental objectives.  Second, the increasing strength to weight ratio of corrugated board means that it is taking over from materials such as plastic, wood and even metals. Third, because landfill costs can be expected to rise inexorably, we believe customers will be trying to find ways to improve their entire environmental strategy as far as packaging is concerned