Recycling Solutions and Services for Businesses
Choose recycling solutions that scale. International Paper Recycling offers nationwide coverage for retailers, grocers, manufacturers, and more.
International Paper’s recycling solutions and services manage fiber recovery programs for retailers, grocers, e-commerce, distribution centers, manufacturers, and our own box plants. We design closed-loop recycling programs that move old corrugated containers (OCC) and other fiber-based recycling materials efficiently from your back-of-house to our paper mills, where they become new containerboard for tomorrow’s packaging.
Recycling Services We Provide
We collect OCC, DLK and other materials
We collect a wide variety of materials. We collect and purchase OCC from box users and DLK from box plants, with transparent weights and documentation.
Guaranteed Movement
We design programs that route fiber directly to mills for consistent movement, quality control, and potential cost efficiencies.
Equipment and Program Design
We offer support with balers, compactors, container sizing, and material handling to right-size your program, increase recovery of used materials, clear floor space, and improve your operational efficiency.
On-Site Audits and Training
Our focus is on improving the workflows of commercial recycling. We conduct complementary on-site waste audits to assess your operations and uncover ways to optimize your recycling programs. We also offer staff training help reduce contamination and improve bale quality.
Logistics and National Coverage
Scheduled pickups, seasonal surge planning, the flexibility to adapt to emergent needs, and coordinated transportation keep recyclable materials moving from your facilities to mills and other manufacturers that use them.
Reporting, Pricing and Sustainability
Program reporting (weights, pickups, locations) and pricing approaches are aligned to market indices. We also offer support for corporate sustainability reporting.
Who We Serve
We serve retail, grocery, e-commerce fulfillment, distribution and logistics, manufacturing, food and beverage, and many other commercial operations generating recyclable materials.
How it Works
Why International Paper Recycling
Scale and mill network to keep fiber flowing
Closed-loop potential linking your operations directly to our mills
Transparent pricing and reporting aligned to market indices
Reliable pickup service and management
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Sustainable Forests
It starts in the forest. We rely on new fiber from sustainably managed forests alongside recycled fiber to make sustainable packaging solutions.
Fresh Pulp
Fresh pulp plays an important role in making quality products. Fiber can only be recycled so many times before it starts to break down.
Supplementing recycled fiber with fresh pulp helps protect the structural integrity of our boxes, keeping them strong and high-performance.
Our ForSite™ technology is an innovative mapping system that guides our responsible fiber procurement while helping to ensure we are meeting our conservation goals.
Paper Mills
Our paper mills manufacture containerboard using a blend of new and recycled fiber collected by our recycling team. Our operations focus on efficiency and resource stewardship, including conservation and reuse of water and energy.
Converter
At our converting box plant facilities, large rolls of containerboard from our mills are converted into sheets through corrugators and other equipment. As sheets are cut and prepared, double-lined kraft waste paper (DLK) clippings are generated, and this pre-consumer fiber is collected and returned to the mill system.
Box Makers
Box makers take converted sheets and create finished boxes and displays for retail, ecommerce, grocers, and more. While International Paper provides packaging products and solutions to other box makers, we are also often the converter and box maker in this loop.
Box Users
Retailers, distribution centers, and other commercial users receive goods, unload them, and set aside used corrugated boxes. Many of these box users are our recycling customers.
Recycling Plants
Our recycling facilities manage fiber streams by collecting, consolidating, baling, and ensuring quality. We coordinate logistics routed directly to our mills, completing the loop.
Context Mapping
FAQs
What materials do you handle?
We collect and manage over 200 grades of recyclable materials that we either use at our mills or deliver to third-party manufacturers.
Take a more detailed look at the wide range of materials we recycle.
Can you support multiple locations and seasonal peaks?
Yes. We build national programs with coordinated scheduling, surge planning, and routing direct to mills.
Do you provide reporting?
Yes. International Paper Recycling offers an on-demand web-based portal where you can view detailed pricing information, track your shipment status by load, date range and grade, access up-to-date payment information, review an overall summary by material/grade and volume trends, and even print a Certificate of Destruction, if applicable.”
Do your facilities sort mixed materials like an MRF?
No. We focus on collecting commercial recycling. We work with customers to place equipment suitable for their needs to separate materials on site, and we manage quality, baling, consolidation, and logistics. However, we do work with local Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) to procure additional recycling materials that have been pre-sorted.
How do you price?
Pricing reflects current market conditions, program details and service requirements.
Contact Our Team Today
Have a question about a recycling program, routing, or equipment? Connect with a specialist who understands recycling for retail, grocery, manufacturing, and distribution companies. We will review your needs and recommend the next steps.
