DS Smith Proposes Innovative Solutions to Key Packaging and Recycling Challenges

The sustainable packaging solutions offered by the company will help to create a long-term sustainable society, said the company press release.

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): DS Smith continues to play a key role in redefining packages to help solve major packaging and recycling challenges.

According to Colin McIntyre, CEO of Paper and Recycling Divisions at DS Smith, the Annual report ‘Redefining packaging for a changing world’ outlines several initiatives by the company in addressing the recycling and packaging challenges faced by today’s society. The company has been an active campaigner for coffee cups recycling. Also, the company’s Kent mill could recycle up to 2.5 billion coffee cups every year. In addition, the company’s research had suggested that 1.5 million tonnes of plastic could be replaced every year from just five areas within supermarkets across Europe, he reminded.

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The DS Smith operations have been successfully providing providing sustainable recycling solutions and high-quality packaging papers to meet the changing demands of the packaging industry. The company ensures that the paper collected for recycling is of the highest quality, so as to guarantee maximum performance out of those fibers and reduce waste from excess packaging.

The company has recently partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundatio, as part of efforts to promote closed loop recycling model. The partnership demonstrates the company’s ongoing commitment in shaping more circular business models. The sustainable packaging solutions offered by the company will help to create a long-term sustainable society, said the company press release.

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