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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 |
