Smurfit Kappa North America Recycling

We manage, distribute and transport all your paper recycling needs.

Smurfit Kappa North America Recycling supplies fiber across the US and into most export markets. Unparalleled reputation for ethical business practices and in the fiber supply business for more than 35 years.

We collect and provide almost any type of recycled fiber. Our offering is:

• Local Community Recycling Centers
• Waste Reduction Consulting
• Industrial, Municipal and Office Building Recycling Programs
• Source Separated and Single Stream Loads
• Recycling Equipment maintenance, repair, sales and installation
• Plastic and other recyclable material recycling programs
• Roll-Off Hauling, Tractor Trailers, Flatbed Bale Pickups
• Document Destruction
• Brokerage Services
• Flexible Routes & Hours
• Pick-Up Bins & Containers
• Landfill Diversion/Landfill Cost Reduction
• Revenue Stream Enhancement
  

Vision

• Act for the general good of the countries and communities in which we are privileged to operate
• Provide the safest possible natural environment, a sense of identity and a rewarding career opportunity for our employees
• Generate the highest level of satisfaction to customers
• Optimize returns to shareholders. 

Mission

Smurfit Kappa strives to be a customer-oriented, market-led company where the satisfaction of customers, the personal development of employees and respect for local communities and the environment are seen as being inseparable from the aim of creating value for the shareholders. 

Values

• Entrepreneurship: we cherish entrepreneurial spirit and a decentralized management style with staff functions challenging and supporting the operations, with speed, innovation and contrarian thinking
• People: our goal is to recruit, develop, motivate, keep safe and retain our employees
• Environment: our objective is to protect the environment and progressively improve our performance on emissions to air, and discharges to water and soil
• Customers: we see ourselves as a service business with packaging products
• Shareholder returns: we aim to give the best shareholder returns relative to our peer group.
• Meet stakeholder commitments: we are determined to meet our commitments and will put in place the necessary resources to support their achievement. 

Smurfit Kappa is one of the leading providers of paper-based packaging solutions in the world, with around 45,000 employees in approximately370 production sites across 34 countries and with revenue of €8.1 billion in 2015. 

We are located in 21 countries in Europe, and 13 in the Americas. We are the only large-scale pan-regional player in Latin America.With our pro-active team we relentlessly use our extensive experience and expertise, supported by our scale, to open up opportunities for our customers.We collaborate with forward thinking customers by sharing superior product knowledge, market understanding and insights in packaging trends to ensure business success in their markets.We have an unrivalled portfolio of paper-packaging solutions, which is constantly updated with our market-leading innovations.This is enhanced through the benefits of our integration, with optimal paper design, logistics, timeliness of service, and our packaging plants sourcing most of their raw materials from our own paper mills. Our products, which are 100% renewable and produced sustainably, improve the environmental footprint of our customers.Our headquarters are in Dublin with regional headquarters in Amsterdam (Europe) and Miami (the Americas).

Core Values

Integrity

We value an honest and straightforward approach. We are committed to conducting our business in the right way, always considering our valued stakeholders.

Leadership

Everyone can be a leader in our business, as we all have an important role to play. A leader to us is someone who strives to be the best and is committed to making an impact.

Teamwork

We foster a commitment to working as a collective – this means encouraging our people to share ideas and work towards common business goals. Team players who seek to collaborate with others in an honest and positive way can make a valued contribution to what we do.

Innovation

We constantly strive to be the best. The best for us means providing our customers with innovative solutions. We are therefore committed to learning valuable lessons on how we do business best. Finally, we also value learning how others do business and how we can push our product design boundaries.

Recycling

A global paper and board recycler with a range of recycling and collection services.

Working with public and private sector organisations, we develop recovery solutions to meet your recycling requirements. We purchase and recover cardboard, paper, plastics and provide security shredding services.

Guaranteed market for your waste

Recovered fibers from recycled paper and board are a major raw material for our paper mills and packaging plants. Our integrated structure ensures that we continue to provide a stable outlet for material, even when markets deteriorate.

Collection services

No matter how your recycling is presented to us and in what amount, we have a range of collection equipment and vehicles to ensure it is collected efficiently. Our collection equipment ranges includes: wheeled containers, pallet boxes, open or self-pressing containers, stationery and baling presses. Our fleet of vehicles ensure we have the flexibility to meet your collection needs.

Purchasing of waste paper and board

Recovered paper is a global commodity and therefore we purchase materials at competitive rates. We purchase a wide range of paper and board which are detailed our Recovered Paper products section.

We have published our first 'Vision on Sustainability'

The vision statement is a further commitment by Smurfit Kappa in a journey on which we will constantly strive to improve the manner in which we serve the interests of our key stakeholders including our customers, our employees, the local communities in which we are privileged to operate and the providers of capital.We believe that our progress in our objectives can only be achieved through business practices that are based on the principles of long term sustainable development. We have made a lot of progress in our objectives and our unequivocal commitment is to continue to strive to improve in everything we do.

Our Approach

Our innovation process starts by understanding your market

Innovation is in our genes and challenging the status quo is a fundamental part of our strategy. Our approach to innovation is totally market driven and focused on solving your challenges. Whether through product development, process improvement or optimizing your supply-chain efficiency, our innovation process starts by understanding your market.

Knowledge, experience and passion
Our primary goal is to support our customers which come through the dedication and the creativity of our people. Our people are driven, well trained, motivated and have unrivalled packaging expertise which provide the foundation for our innovation.

The science of innovation
Innovation should be based on facts rather than intuition. We therefore have a supporting network of laboratories, facilities and tools to help us create fit-for-purpose, cost-effective and sustainable packaging solutions. Our unique tools are based on scientific knowledge of how packaging behaves physically in the supply chain, achieved through analyzing over 15 million packages each year.