Sustainable Packaging and Printing Solutions
The MWV commitment to product stewardship requires that we take into consideration the health, safety and environmental effects of products throughout their life cycle.
Through our comprehensive scope of services and capabilities, we are able to integrate sustainability at every step of the package development process to protect the product and promote the brand — beginning with consumer insights to the sourcing of raw materials from certified forestlands, to the engineering and design of the product, to the way in which the package is manufactured and transported, and finally, to the way in which it is recovered and returned to the process as a raw material.
Materials
Our commitment to providing sustainable solutions begins with producing a wide range of high-quality paperboard products that are available around the world. The fiber used in paperboard is from a certified sustainable, renewable resource—trees—and all MWV paperboard materials can be recycled multiple times. Whether virgin or recycled fiber, bleached or natural, coated or uncoated, paperboard remains true to our definition of an environmentally responsible material.
Tango® Advantage Recycled Coated Cover
Tango Advantage Recycled Coated Cover, made with recycled content, offers outstanding runnability, printability, and consistency on press and in converting operations. It boasts high brightness, clean-white styling, and a smooth surface, making it an excellent choice for high-quality graphical or packaging applications.
Printkote® Paperboard
A favorite of the packaging industry for many years, Printkote is known around the world for its bright white appearance, glossy coated side, and for its reliable converting performance and versatility.
Coated Natural Kraft® (CNK®) Paperboard Products
MWV CNK products are well suited for packaging applications that demand strength and durability in a range of environments. They feature a smooth, glossy, white coated side over an uncoated, unbleached Kraft back. With its high compression strength, CNK provides improved stacking and cube utilization, and can eliminate the need for outer transport packaging.
Printkote® Eagle C1S Paperboard
With 30 percent post-consumer recycled fiber, this bright white solid bleached sulfate (SBS) combines the appearance, smoothness, printability and strength of virgin fiber board with the resource benefit of recycled content. Printkote Eagle is manufactured under the ISO 14001:2004 environmental standard.
Office Product Stocks
All MWV office product materials are available with a range of recycled content percentages that help office product manufacturers meet the sustainability requirements of government agencies and retailers worldwide.
Finished Packages
Our sustainable packaging solutions reflect our awareness of our customers’ changing needs and our commitment to provide innovative solutions that take brand awareness, sustainable packaging and consumer-driven needs to a new level.
Natralock®
Natralock is an environmentally-responsible security packaging solution that provides the security, visibility and durability of polyvinylchloride (PVC) clamshell packaging at a lower raw material cost with less environmental impact. When compared to the PVC clamshell, a Natralock package requires up to 80 percent less plastic.
The primary substrate is MWV paperboard, which is coated to make it tear-resistant and easy to seal with low heat. The paperboard is sustainably sourced, and is suitable for recycling in community-based recycling programs.
NatureSource™ Visual Packaging
NatureSource is a revolutionary, clear folding carton derived from the natural, renewable resource—corn. It is made from polylactic acid, a versatile polymer produced from corn starch. NatureSource delivers cost and productivity benefits comparable to petroleum-based, traditional polymers with the added value of being commercially compostable.
