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Paperboard and Packaging Products

Last Updated: 08/01/24
Paperboard and Packaging Products

The paperboard and packaging category covers two major types of board: "containerboard" used to make corrugated shipping containers, and "paperboard" used in a wide variety of packaging applications such as folding cartons, blister cards, beverage carriers, book and report covers, mailing tubes, video cassette boxes and others.

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If there is more than one program listed below, agencies are directed to prioritize multi-attribute products, which meet statutory purchasing program requirements (asterisk) and one or more required Environmental Protection Agency purchasing programs.

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Corrugated Containers (300 psi)
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  • 25-30% recovered fiber; including 25-30% postconsumer fiber
Corrugated Containers (<300 psi)
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  • (25-50% recovered fiber; including 25-50% postconsumer fiber)
Brown Papers
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  • 5-40% recovered fiber; including 5-20% postconsumer fiber
Carrierboard
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  • (10-100% recovered fiber; including 10-15% postconsumer fiber)
Folding Cartons
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  • (100% recovered fiber; including 40-80% postconsumer fiber)
Industrial Paperboard
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  • (100% recovered fiber; including 45-100% postconsumer fiber)
Miscellaneous (e.g., pad backs, covered binders, book covers, mailing tubes, protective packaging)
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  • (90-100% recovered fiber; including 75-100% postconsumer fiber)
Padded Mailers
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  • (5-15% recovered fiber; including 5-15% postconsumer fiber)
Solid Fiber Boxes
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  • (40% recovered fiber; including 40% postconsumer fiber)
Legal Requirements Lists federal requirements related to the purchase of this item, including applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements
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