Packaging that’s lightweight, versatile and cost effective, with short production lead times and powerful shelf appeal is worth its weight in gold... especially when brand competition is fierce and margins are tight.
CARTONS DELIVER THE WHOLE PACKAGE
By utilising cartons, every stage of the supply chain can be carefully controlled, ensuring products arrive on the shelf on schedule and in great shape. Improvements in cartonboard production processes have led to substantial reductions in carton weight over the years and with raw materials readily available from sustainable sources, cartons remain a consistently cost effective sustainable packaging solution.
BENEFITS
- Cartons provide the ideal opportunity to communicate a persuasive marketing message right on the shelf
- Cartons are easy to stack in the warehouse, in store and at home, and can be recycled widely with no complex sorting required
- Cartons can incorporate a wide range of security systems, including tamper-evident and child-resistant designs
- Cartons can easily have counterfeiting measures added
FIND OUT MORE
To find out more about the environmental and sustainability boxes ticked by fibre based packaging, check out our exciting new FIBRE 5 initiative and suite of supporting documents!

- Information Sheets Download our Information Sheets.
- A Sustainable Solution Advances in technology have enabled packaging specialists to design and manufacture high-quality cartons in truly bespoke forms. Cost-effective and appealing, unique styles offer product differentiation.
- Carbon Footprint Recycled fibre now accounts for up to half the materials used in production, and the board mills themselves derive around 50% of their primary energy from wood by-products, making them less reliant on traditional fossil fuels.
- Fibre 5 FIBRE 5 is a new BPIF Cartons initiative to showcase the environmental and sustainability credentials of Fibre Based Packaging.










BPIF Cartons, our objectives
Industry Statistics
How Cartons are made
The life cycle of a carton – CartonVille
BPIF Cartons Committees
Partner Trade Associations
Information Sheets
A Sustainable Solution
Carbon Footprint
Ticking all the Boxes
Fibre 5