EPA Begins Stressing The Importance Of Recycling BY MARY DRAIN
and re-use rates, but it didn’t happen overnight. It took a prolonged and focused effort by our industry to work with communities, waste haulers and materials recovery facilities to ensure collected corrugated is returned to mills where it is broken down into fibers, manufactured back into containerboard, and used to make new boxes. The recycling process completes the cycle and allows a box to become a box again. Over the past couple of years, FBA recognized that in- creases in e-commerce and online shopping have shifted more recycling responsibility from businesses to consum- ers. That’s why we’ve worked hard in our advertising and other messaging to encourage consumers to recycle by choosing the recycling bin instead of the trash bin. We are happy that the EPA is joining in this effort. Mary Drain is the Director of Technical Services at Fibre Box Association. Reach her at mdrain@fibrebox.org. Graphic Packaging Holding Company Board Declares Quarterly Dividend Atlanta, Georgia based Graphic Packaging Holding Com- pany announced last week that its Board of Directors de- clared a quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 15, 2020. The dividend is payable on July 5, 2020.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun stressing the importance of recycling. Andrew Wheeler,
the administrator of the EPA, record- ed a video message encouraging all Americans to recycle materials from their households, saying recycling is “good for the planet” and it supports American manufacturing. “Right now, there is a critical need for raw materials in the manufactur-
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ing supply chain, especially paper and cardboard,” states Wheeler. “Business closures and limited operations means less recycled material for American manufacturers, and we all must do our part to recycle more and recycle right to fill this immediate need.” The EPA is encouraging households to do their part – recycle more and recycle correctly so the right materi- als are available for U.S. manufacturers. They’ve created guidelines to show what can and should be done. Fibre Box Association (FBA) has long been vocal about this issue. Our recovery rate has hovered around 90 percent for the last decade. Our industry track record is miles ahead of any other packaging materials recovery
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