Corrugated Packaging Facts

  • Corrugated cardboard is made of paper, fluting and lining layers.
  • Corrugated is a durable, versatile, economical and lightweight material making it ideal for custom-made shipping boxes, point of sale displays and a number of other applications.
  • Corrugated is strong with a high strength-to-weight ratio.
  • The structural rigidity of corrugated endows it with protective, cushioning qualities.
  • Corrugated packaging has superior tear, tensile and burst strength enabling it to withstand the pressures of shipping.
  • Corrugated cardboard has the highest recycling rate of any form of packaging in the world with 84% of all corrugated packaging being recycling in the UK. This equates to approximately 2 million tonnes of waste saved from landfill per year.
  • Corrugated boxes are made from 75% recycled material and the recycling loop can be completed in as little as 2 weeks.
  • Through better design and advances in technology, corrugated packaging companies now use 20% lighter material than a decade ago, with no effect on structural properties.
  • Virtually any design can be printed on to corrugated to protect and market consumer products.
  • Corrugated is the only rigid packaging medium that can be cut and folded into an almost infinite range of shapes and sizes.
  • Approximately 5 billion corrugated boxes are used in the UK per year, equating to 83 per person.
  • Corrugated gets products to market faster than any other form of packaging – in flat packed form it saves around 90% of space.
  • The energy used in the production and distribution of corrugated packaging is approximately 1 tenth of that used in the food supply chain.