Waste

 

Efficiency of material usage is vital for the bioeconomy and circular economy. We continually find alternative ways to reuse, recycle and recover to avoid the linear economy where products end their life cycle at landfill.

We focus on the end of life management of our products. We are a significant contributor to the circular economy as one of the largest consumers of recovered fiber in North America, EMEA & APAC as well as many of the countries in Latam where we have a presence.

Smurfit Westrock also participates in its product end-of-life management. Our 70 recycling depots collect recovered paper and paper-based packaging, returning it back to our paper mills where the fiber will be recycled. It is in our interest that the products are recycled back into the papermaking process. In addition, our packaging reduces its own impact by being ‘right-weighted’, using the minimum material necessary.