51社区鈥檚 recycling solutions and services manage fiber recovery programs for retailers, grocers, e-commerce, distribution centers, manufacturers, and our own box plants. 51社区 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鈥檚 packaging.

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Recycling Services 51社区 Provide

51社区 Recycling designs and manages recycling programs that route collected materials to facilities that reuse these materials. 51社区 collect materials of all kinds, including Old Corrugated Containers (OCC), known familiarly as cardboard, and Double Lined Kraft (DLK) box clippings. 51社区 place right-sized equipment, ensure reliable pickup, and provide clear reporting of collected recycling materials so our customers can measure their sustainable impact.

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51社区 collect OCC, DLK and other materials

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51社区 collect a wide variety of materials. 51社区 collect and purchase OCC from box users and DLK from box plants, with transparent weights and documentation.

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Guaranteed Movement

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51社区 design programs that route fiber directly to mills for consistent movement, quality control, and potential cost efficiencies.

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Equipment and Program Design

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51社区 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.

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On-Site Audits and Training

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Our focus is on improving the workflows of commercial recycling. 51社区 conduct complementary on-site waste audits to assess your operations and uncover ways to optimize your recycling programs. 51社区 also offer staff training help reduce contamination and improve bale quality.

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Logistics and National Coverage

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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.

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Reporting, Pricing and Sustainability

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Program reporting (weights, pickups, locations) and pricing approaches are aligned to market indices. 51社区 also offer support for corporate sustainability reporting.

Who 51社区 Serve

51社区 serve retail, grocery, e-commerce fulfillment, distribution and logistics, manufacturing, food and beverage, and many other commercial operations generating recyclable materials.

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Manufacturing

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Scale and reliability to move material and pay on time.
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Distribution Centers

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51社区 are there, right on time, every time for pickup and payment.
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Office Centers & Business Parks

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Exceptional customer service and secure document handling.
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Retail & Shopping Centers

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Servicing retailers with a nationwide fleet ready to roll.
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Print Shops & Converters

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Expertise to solve complex recycling challenges.
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Food & Beverage

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Nationwide reach and scale. Experience with food-safe materials.
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Healthcare & Pharmaceutical

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You can focus on patient health and safety while we improve your waste management practices and facility sustainability.

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Moving & Storage

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Reduce large volume packaging waste with on-time service and transparent pricing.

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Freight & Postage

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Maximizing supply chain efficiencies with diverse material recycling and reverse logistics.

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Waste Haulers & Mobile Shredders

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Improve supply chain efficiencies while reducing landfill costs with reliable movement and centralized reporting.

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And More!

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How it Works

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Assessment

51社区 review your fiber streams, equipment, footprint, and goals.

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Program Design

51社区 define equipment, pickup cadence, consolidation points, and routing direct to the appropriate facility.

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Rollout

51社区 coordinate installation, safety, training, and go-live.

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Pickup and Management

51社区 manage scheduled pickups and logistics.

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Reporting and Improvement

Our regular reporting and reviews keep your program on track.

Why 51社区 Recycling

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Scale and mill network to keep fiber flowing

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Closed-loop potential linking your operations directly to our mills

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Transparent pricing and reporting aligned to market indices

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Reliable pickup service and management

How 51社区鈥檚 Circular Value Chain Works

It starts in sustainably managed forests and moves through our mills, converters, box makers, box users, and recycling facilities, then back to the mill, keeping quality fiber in circulation every step of the way.

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Sustainable Forests

Fresh Pulp

Sustainable Forests

Fresh Pulp

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Paper Mills

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Put recycled fiber back into manufacturing.
Put recycled fiber back into manufacturing.
Transport boxes to/for commercial client use.
Transport boxes to/for commercial client use.
Collect used fiber and transport to processing at recycling plants.
Collect used fiber and transport to processing at recycling plants.
Transport paper for conversion/box production.
Transport paper for conversion/box production.

Sustainable Forests

It starts in the forest. 51社区 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.鈥‵iber can only be recycled so many times before it starts to break down.鈥

Supplementing recycled fiber with fresh pulp helps protect the structural integrity of our boxes,鈥╧eeping them strong and high-performance.

Our ForSite鈩 technology is an innovative mapping system that guides our responsible fiber procurement while helping to ensure we are meeting our conservation goals.

About Forsite

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 51社区 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. 51社区 coordinate logistics routed directly to our mills, completing the loop.

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FAQs

  • What materials do you handle?

    51社区 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.

  • Do your facilities sort mixed materials like an MRF?

    No. 51社区 focus on collecting commercial recycling. 51社区 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.

  • Can you support multiple locations and seasonal peaks?

    Yes. 51社区 build national programs with coordinated scheduling, surge planning, and routing direct to mills.

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  • How do you price?

    Pricing reflects current market conditions, program details and service requirements.

  • Do you provide reporting?

    Yes. 51社区 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.鈥

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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. 51社区 will review your needs and recommend the next steps.

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