CIRCULAR BUSINESS
Circulating fibre around our business Every day across Europe and North America we collect waste paper and cardboard for recycling. This provides raw material for our paper mills, where we manufacture 100 per cent recyclable
papers. From this we make packaging, using only 100 per cent recycled or chain of custody certified papers. This is the journey from one box to another in 14 days at DS Smith.
How our circular business creates sustainable value Creating value in forestry and paper manufacturing
• 100 per cent of our papers are recycled or chain of custody certified • 83 per cent of the papers we use are recycled New certified papers fibre • Three trees are planted for every tree that is harvested in our supply chain
Creating value in pulping and bleaching
• Mono-material and tape-free pack design reduce the contamination and energy consumption of the pulping process • We are making our paper waste streams more circular • We use Total Chlorine Free (TCF) processes in all of our paper mills
Corrugated manufacturing
Paper manufacturing
Pulping & bleaching
Collecting & sorting
• We provide total waste management solutions to recycle all segregated wastes • We have been at the forefront of difficult to recycle waste, such as coffee cup recycling • No plastics collected by our Recycling Division are exported to Asia Watch our ‘Box to Box in 14 days’ video
• Over 700 designers and innovators create circular products • We optimise every fibre through performance paper specifications • We optimise ink coverage and minimise trim waste • Over 98 per cent of our packaging production waste is recycled
Creating value in conversion and packing Retail
Creating value in collection and recycling
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Creating value in corrugated manufacturing
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Conversion & packing
• We improve packaging line efficiency with optimised pack designs and real-life testing • We reduce manual handling through optimised ergonomics
Manufacturing or distribution centre
Creating value in retail and use Creating value in distribution
• We delight consumers by eliminating empty space void fill wherever possible • We optimise box size for most efficient product fill, palletisation and on-shelf efficiency – removing lorries from the road and taking carbon emissions out of supply chains whilst reducing customer cost
• Well-designed Shelf-Ready Packaging (SRP) improves the efficiency of transport, storage and replenishment cycles • Over 99 per cent of our packaging is reusable or recyclable in domestic or commercial waste streams • We advise on best practice on-pack sustainability communication
