Hybrid Fiber Compositions and Uses in Containerboard Packaging, 2016 Pulping, Engineering, Environmental, Recycling, Sustainability (PEERS) Conference Proceedings

The market for paper and paperboard packaging is projected to be valued at $213 billion by 2020.  The growth of the paper and paperboard market is primarily driven by 1) Growing consumer awareness for sustainable packaging and 2) Recyclability of paper and paperboard.  With increasing environmental issues of landfill and degradation of packaging material, a shift has been seen from plastics to more use of paper and paperboard in the packaging industry.

Corrugated containerboard is one of the most used packaging materials today.  This is due to the virtue of this low-cost material: good protection of the product, recyclability and biodegradability.  In recent years, the use of recycled, old corrugated container (OCC) material has grown in popularity as a linerboard or corrugated medium in containerboard.  However, the OCC frequently requires repulping and de-inking processes.  As such, the recycled fibers get shortened, weakened and contaminated.  This presentation addresses a new corrugated medium comprising hybrid fiber compositions, which is non-wood alternative natural fibers such as those derived from algae, corn stover and wheat straw.  The presence of red algae fiber up to 20% surprisingly enhances corrugated medium mechanical properties, which allows a high proportions of non-wood fibers such as wheat straw to be effectively utilized up to 80% yet still fully meet product performance demands. 

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