PSSMA updates recycling symbol

The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA), Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, has introduced a new recycling symbol for printing on unlined paper shipping sacks that are used to package food or food ingredients. The symbol, downloadable from the PSSMA website, indicates that certain sacks can be recycled in the same collection stream as old corrugated container (OCC).  

The symbol’s introduction is part of the industry’s communications campaign to promote recovering and recycling paper shipping sacks that are used to transport food products. An industry webinar will be hosted on June 23, 2016, at 2 p.m., to provide members an overview of the campaign materials and offer them a chance to ask questions and learn how they can promote the message, PSSMA says. To register for the webinar, email the association at info@pssma.org.  

The new PSSMA website includes an area for recycling and other sustainability information around paper shipping sacks. The on-package recycling symbol is available as well as guidelines for its use, a value ranking system for recovered sacks and more. A downloadable information kit is also hosted on the site’s Sustainability area for end users.

“The new recycling symbol, when printed on the proper shipping sacks, will help our industry increase our recovery rate. When users recycle the unlined food paper shipping sacks, they can save money on waste disposal and even earn revenue from recovered material, while improving their own sustainable business practices,” says Richard Storat, PSSMA president.