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All-Paper Containers

Show consumers you care with convenient, durable, environmentally responsible all-paper cans.

At Sonoco, we believe in delivering sustainable solutions to our customers. Our all-paper cans are made with 100% recycled fiber and include all the features that insightful brands and consumers demand.

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Form and Function for Multiple Uses

Sonoco’s new EnviroCan®, featuring a paper bottom, is an all-paper container made to meet diverse packaging needs. With multiple sizes and premium shelf appeal, these paper tube containers are an excellent choice for brands that want convenience, versatility, and recyclability.

Paper Packaging: A Natural Fit

All-Paper Can Sizes

Ideal for portion packs to large volume formats, all-paper containers come in a variety of sizes to fit your product:

Diameters: Range from 2.75 to 6 inches
Heights: Between 2.75 and 9.5 inches
Sonoco assists with sealing equipment based on finished application needs

Custom Package Labeling

Various labeling options are available with multiple material substrates and printing styles for dynamic shelf appeal.

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Advanced Barrier Solutions for Added Protection

All-paper cans are lined with barrier protection to keep oxygen and moisture out while maintaining the freshness of the contents inside. Sonoco offers low, medium and high barrier coatings inside the paper tube and peelable paper membranes to preserve your product.

The multiple layers are wound with 100% recycled paperboard, create a rigidity that withstands handling, stacking and external pressure while protecting delicate contents from breakage.

Sustainability Benefits: All-Paper Containers

Engineered for Packaging Circularity

All-paper containers are made with 100% recycled fiber, with up to 90% coming from post-consumer resources, eliminating the necessity for virgin fibers and actively contributing to the reversal of deforestation practices. The EnviroCan® with a Paper Bottom successfully passed the Repulpability and the Recyclability tests at Western Michigan University, yielding more than 85% recovered fiber and proving that it did not affect resulting product performance. Many of Sonoco’s paper mills are certified by one or more fiber certification programs, including:

Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC)
Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI)
Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification® (PEFC) Chain of Custody and Due Diligence System Standards

Sustainability Benefits: All-Paper Containers

Use of Recycled Fiber
Consumer-friendly Recycling
Curbside Collection
Converting
Circularity

Use of Recycled Fiber

Sonoco makes our rigid paper containers with up to 90% recycled fiber. Not only does that help reduce our reliance on virgin fiber content, it also strengthens the viability of recycled fiber, helping to ensure the market demand and availability of recycled content for years to come.

Converting

Processing Paper into Paper – In traditional paper mills, the fiber from our rigid paper cans is recovered and converted into paperboard, which is then used to create new products, including new paper cans. Enhanced mills extend the pulping process, allowing for a broader variety of paper materials to be recycled effectively.

Circularity

Not only are Sonoco all paper cans made with recycled fiber, by being easily recyclable and compatible with the current recycling infrastructure, they are one of the most circular, sustainable types of packaging available in the market today. In fact, the EnviroCan® with a Paper Bottom was awarded the 2024 PAC Global Best in Class for Sustainable Package Design for Package Circularity.

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