Sustainable products

Sonoco’s metal packaging life cycle

The GHG emissions related to our products’ full life cycle
are based on several factors:

GHG emissions related to metal production and its end of life

The quantity of material used (metal, inks, coatings, compounds)

The secondary packaging

The transportation from our suppliers and to our customers

100% of metal arriving at recycling centres is effectively recycled or upcycled into new metal products

Regarding the quantity of material used, by 2030

We aim to accelerate the downgauging of our product lines to reduce the quantity of metal used while preserving the integrity of our packaging. We also aim to reduce secondary packaging to a minimum and reuse it as much as possible.