Environmentally Friendly Paper Tubes

Sustainability has been part of Yazoo Mills’ philosophy since 1902. We realize our responsibility to the environment and recycle all trim and waste generated during the manufacturing process to produce our eco-friendly tubes. Yazoo uses 100% recycled paperboard, made primarily from post-consumer waste, to create our sustainable packaging products. There is no other packaging product that is more environmentally sustainable than paper tubes and cores made with 100% recycled fiber paperboard. The important fact is that the 100% recycled fiber paperboard used in our eco-friendly tubes, truly is 100% recycled, with no virgin fiber content.

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Yazoo realizes its responsibility to the environment and recycles all trim and waste generated during the manufacturing process.

Recycling is one of the most important keys to solving the world’s solid waste problems. Recycled paper requires about 60% of the energy used to make paper from virgin wood pulp. Every ton of 100% recycled paperboard that we use in our eco-friendly tubes at Yazoo is equal to the energy and landfill savings of 14 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water, three cubic yards of landfill space, two barrels of oil, and 4,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity (enough energy to power the average American home for several months).

Yazoo conducts all our operations in full compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations. We are sensitive to environmental issues throughout our business systems including our selection of raw materials. We take seriously our responsibility to protect the environment in which we live and work.

Yazoo Mills Recycles

Recycling is one of the most important keys to solving the world’s solid waste problems. Because landfills are filling up and disposal costs have risen sharply, alternative waste elimination programs have become necessary for industries throughout the world.

Yazoo realizes its responsibility to the environment and recycles all trim and waste generated during the manufacturing process.  Core processing at our plant includes shredding, baling, and shipping to a consuming recycled paper mill.

North America recycles approximately 4.5 million tons of recovered fiber recycled into 100% recycled paperboard. The Environmental Defense Fund provides the following information based on the conversion of virgin paperboard to 100% recycled paperboard:

• For every ton of virgin paperboard that is converted to recycled paperboard one ton of recovered fiber is kept out of municipal landfills.
• 14 trees are saved for every converted ton, allowing sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in North America. Sequestration is the accumulation and storage of carbon in growing trees.
• By converting 250 tons of virgin paperboard to 100% recycled fiber paperboard enough energy is saved to heat someone’s home for an entire year.
• By converting 250 tons of virgin paperboard to 250 tons of 100% recycled fiber paperboard, the amount of air pollution avoided is equivalent to removing six 18-wheeler trucks or 54 cars from the road each year.
• By converting 250 tons of virgin paperboard to 250 tons of 100% recycled fiber paperboard, the wastewater that is not produced each year is the equivalent of the amount of water in 7 seven Olympic-sized swimming pools.
• There is no other packaging product that is more environmentally sustainable than 100% recycled fiber paperboard. The important fact is that 100% recycled fiber paperboard truly is 100% recycled, with no virgin fiber content.

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