SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS.

Calumet Carton’s Commitment to Sustainability:   As a packaging company, we strive to be socially responsible examples to our customers and partners. We are dedicated to promoting good environment stewardship by creating packaging that uses natural and recycled resources. We also are committed to making a positive impact on the environment by reducing our carbon imprint. Here are some of the ways we are making a difference...
Demonstration of our Commitment   All of our stock mailers and reverse tuck cartons are made from 100% recycled paperboard.   We use soy based printing inks for our offset printing, reducing the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) released into the environment.   Our standard aqueous coating used to protect print quality is water based. It is 80% water and can be treated and disposed as regular water.   Every week we recycle over 100 tons of paperboard through our auger, conveyer and bailer system. The paperboard scraps go back to the paper mills, where it is recycled and turned into new, fresh paperboard.   Our Computer-To-Plate (CTP) system is efficient, inexpensive and environmentally friendly. It eliminates the processing and development of film that creates toxic waste.   Old printing plates along with any other scrap metals are recycled.   We reuse or recycle all incoming pallets.
Earlier this year we re-lamped our plant with Orion’s high-intensity fluorescent technology, reducing our power consumption by 357,064 kWh per year.   Awards   As a result of our energy efficient lighting system that we installed in 2009, we received the Orion Environmental Stewardship Award in February 2010. Over the lifetime of the Orion fixtures that we installed, the environmental impact equates to:           - Planting 66 acres of forest         - Removing 4,716 tons of airborne pollutants         - Saving 589,550 gallons of gasoline