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What is the first step in box building?
As you’ve learned, boxes are made of
corrugated paperboard, or simply “board.”
for short. There are several kinds of corrugated board,
all made by combining paper, heat, adhesives, and
pressure.
It starts off as rolls of liner
or paperboard, similar in appearance
to the brown paper in grocery bags. These rolls can
weigh more than two tons each, and hold paper that
could stretch several miles.
Corrugated board can be made up of one,
two, or even three layers of flutes and liners, depending
on how strong the box needs to be.
Did
You Know ...
More than
95 percent of all products in the U.S. are shipped
in corrugated boxes.
Nearly three-fourths of all corrugated boxes produced
in the U.S. Are recovered.
Corrugated paperboard accounts for more than half
of all the paper recycled in the United States. Grocery
stores recycle six million tons of old corrugated
boxes each year.
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