Work continued during 2009 to introduce new corrugated and/or solidboard packaging to replace other packaging materials, thereby providing more sustainable packaging solutions.

Examples include packaging for “wet “products such as meat, fish, frozen foods and flowers. In many instances it has been possible to replace plastic crates, other plastic packaging or composites with paper-based packaging solutions.

Likewise there were developments to produce solidboard packs for hospital waste thus encouraging more environmentally friendly incineration.

Replacing polystyrene inserts with fibreboard inserts to protect consumer durables and industrial products has also been a major area of focus and progress.