{"id":7084,"date":"2014-11-27T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T19:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=7084"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:17:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:17:08","slug":"wax-coating-popular-option-corrugated-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/wax-coating-popular-option-corrugated-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Wax Coating a Less Popular Option for Corrugated Packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wax coatings are being used less frequently in corrugated packaging, according to a new study released recently. Waxed corrugated packaging accounted for just 3% of all volume last year.<\/p>\n<p>Since wax usage as first tracked in 2002, wax coated corrugated packaging has dropped 39%.<\/p>\n<p>This dramatic decrease is attributed to a wider availability of recyclable alternatives, according to Dennis Colley, executive director of the Corrugated Packaging Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Corrugated is the most reliable, cost-effective and sustainable package available for transporting most products, including those requiring moisture protection such as fresh produce,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmh.com\/article\/wax_coating_usage_drops_below_3_of_total_corrugated_industry_annual_shipmen?utm_source=TWIM&amp;utm_medium=NLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colley said.<\/a> &#8220;Even those boxes can be made with recyclable materials. The continuous decrease in wax coatings to below 3% of total industry volume means that renewable, recyclable corrugated can be used for even the most demanding applications.<\/p>\n<p>The report also found that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since October, 47 recyclable wax alternative have passed certification testing for repulpability and recylcability and have been registered with the Fibre Box Association.<\/li>\n<li>Progress has been made in replacing all types of waxed corrugated packaging, including cascaded, impregnated and curtain-coated.<\/li>\n<li>Last year, the corrugated industry shipped more than 9.9 billion square feet of boxes using recyclable wax alternative coatings, a 653% increase over 2002.<\/li>\n<li>Certified registrations have been completed by 7 commercial coating suppliers and 12 converting companies offering proprietary products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wax coatings are being used less frequently in corrugated packaging, according to a new study released recently. Waxed corrugated packaging accounted for just 3% of all volume last year. Since wax usage as first tracked in 2002, wax coated corrugated packaging has dropped 39%. This dramatic decrease is attributed to a wider availability of recyclable &#8230; <a title=\"Wax Coating a Less Popular Option for Corrugated Packaging\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/wax-coating-popular-option-corrugated-packaging\/\" aria-label=\"More on Wax Coating a Less Popular Option for Corrugated Packaging\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,293,14],"tags":[1079,1081],"class_list":["post-7084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-material-handling","category-news","category-packaging","tag-material-handling","tag-packaging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12418,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions\/12418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}