{"id":8921,"date":"2023-02-14T05:26:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T05:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=8921"},"modified":"2023-02-25T12:42:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T12:42:46","slug":"packaging-leader-ds-smith-crafting-plays-to-tackle-pizza-box-recycling-ahead-of-the-nfls-big-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/14\/packaging-leader-ds-smith-crafting-plays-to-tackle-pizza-box-recycling-ahead-of-the-nfls-big-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Packaging leader DS Smith crafting plays to tackle pizza box recycling ahead of the NFL\u2019s Big Game<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most pizza lovers stocking up for football\u2019s championship game know their leftover boxes can be recycled but an alarming 40% say they don\u2019t always do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the main finding of a national survey by sustainable packaging leader DS Smith, which said pizza boxes are indeed 100% recyclable. Pizza boxes can be easily recycled providing any crumbs and cheese are removed before they go into recyclable trash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 12.5 million pizzas expected to be sold on Sunday, Feb. 12, that\u2019s almost enough material from 12-inch by 12-inch boxes to stretch from the Eagles\u2019 Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia to the Chiefs\u2019 Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City\u2026and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the run-up to the NFL\u2019s Big Game between those two teams, DS Smith is calling on all fans to properly dispose of their boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are driven to make changes both big and small in how the packaging industry operates to contribute to a more sustainable future,\u201d said DS Smith\u2019s Melanie Galloway, vice president, sales, marketing and innovation. \u201cPart of that mission includes educating consumers on what they can do to be part of the solution too, even something as simple as being sure to recycle your pizza boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company survey, taken Jan. 27-30, found that two-thirds (67%) of adults believe pizza boxes are recyclable \u2013 ranking fifth among a list of popular items. Leading the way is plastic water bottles, with 88% of respondents saying they can be recycled. Next came newspapers or magazines (82%) and glass jars and milk cartons (both at 75%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even with high recognition among consumers that pizza containers should go into recyclable trash, three of five adults say they don\u2019t always do so \u2013 with 19% saying they never do, 11% only sometimes and 10% rarely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, a majority of those surveyed \u2013 60% \u2013 respond that they recycle, with 43% saying they always do so and 17% saying most of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DS Smith wants all consumers to know that pizza boxes can be recycled – important because any increase in recycling contributes to a circular economy designed to replace problem plastics, take carbon out of supply chains and prove innovative recycling solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recovered fibers can be reused as many as 10 times by paper and packaging companies to make new boxes, diverting waste from landfills and incinerators and toward local recycling facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For its part, DS Smith produces a recyclable pizza pad, an insert under the pies used in boxes by major, nationally acclaimed pizza brands. The packaging company sells millions of the pads each year, recording a burst in production amid the frenzy of the football season\u2019s final weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The customizable, 100% recyclable pad is flat on one side, facing the bottom of the box, and wavy on the top, keeping the pizza crust crisp and dry. That so-called fluting also helps hold the temperature in the box during deliveries, DS Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DS Smith product marks an example of the company\u2019s renewable, fiber-based packaging solutions for hundreds of thousands of products for both traditional and e-commerce retailers, covering wine boxes and ready-meal trays to cardboard coolers and fresh fruit trays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It marks just one of many ways that DS Smith uses innovation and imagination to create sustainable packaging solutions that support the transition to a circular economy that aims to reduce and eliminate waste and advocates for the reuse of materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survey methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poll was taken Jan. 27-30 with 1,221 respondents, a total that generally has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. It was conducted using an online data collection methodology with the research firm Dynata.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most pizza lovers stocking up for football\u2019s championship game know their leftover boxes can be recycled but an alarming 40% say they don\u2019t always do so. That\u2019s the main finding of a national survey by sustainable packaging leader DS Smith, which said pizza boxes are indeed 100% recyclable. Pizza boxes can be easily recycled providing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[112],"class_list":{"0":"post-8921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"tag-ds-smith"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8923,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921\/revisions\/8923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}