| If one were to ask the average manufacturer to list | | | | outlast paper by 20 to 40 times, but it can also be |
| some of the major difficulties faced in the industry | | | | cleaned with soap and water, to be used again and |
| today, his or her list would most likely include the effort | | | | again. This not only reduces quantities of waste, but |
| to comply with customer requirements. And in today's | | | | also reduces waste disposal costs. Plastic corrugated |
| world, these requirements usually include a large | | | | is also much lighter than its other alternatives, like solid |
| number of rules designed to protect the environment | | | | or molded plastic, metal, or wood. This lighter weight |
| and adhere to increasingly strict regulations set by both | | | | means lower shipping costs, which in turn results in the |
| foreign and domestic governments.In recent years, | | | | consumption of less fuel during transportation.In addition, |
| powerhouse companies like Wal-Mart have begun to | | | | plastic corrugated products, like totes, boxes, and trays, |
| demand their suppliers adopt very rigorous | | | | can be made from non-toxic, contaminant-free, |
| environmental codes. Since mammoth companies like | | | | all-recycled materials that are in turn 100% recyclable. |
| Wal-Mart have enough power to virtually make or | | | | Plastic corrugated will not pollute workplaces through |
| break one's business, it is essential that suppliers learn | | | | the emission of dust or sulfur particles, something |
| to comply, or face the possibility of extinction. As a | | | | cardboard corrugated cannot claim. Plastic corrugated |
| result, businesses involved in any aspect of | | | | also meets green dot requirements in Europe, so it is |
| manufacturing and production must now develop new | | | | an ideal product for any manufacturers shipping |
| methods and procedures in order to comply.This | | | | products outside of the United States.In a world |
| includes the packaging industry. In recent years, | | | | becoming more aware of environmental concerns like |
| suppliers have made great strides in the development | | | | pollution and global warming, it is more important than |
| of innovative products that are more environmentally | | | | ever for modern manufacturers to update their |
| friendly. One such product is plastic corrugated, a | | | | business practices in order to comply with increasingly |
| durable material designed to replace the conventional | | | | stringent environmental regulations. And in this quest to |
| paper, or cardboard, corrugated products which once | | | | further protect the environment, plastic corrugated |
| dominated the packaging industry. Corrugated plastic is | | | | virtually defines what it means to reduce, reuse, and |
| formed when two plastic liners are fused together on | | | | recycle.David Marinac |
| either side of a sheet of wavy plastic known as fluting. | | | | |
| Together, these three layers create a weather- and | | | | American Built Containment Systems (ABC Systems) |
| chemical-resistant material whose properties offer a | | | | is the only company that custom designs specialty |
| superior alternative to traditional packaging | | | | packaging via the Internet without having to meet with |
| methods.The ways in which plastic corrugated is more | | | | a customer face-to-face. This allows them to respond |
| environmentally friendly than its cousins paper | | | | faster than any other company at the total lowest |
| corrugated are vast. Not only will plastic corrugate | | | | cost. |