Corrugated box standard drafted.

CORRUGATED BOX STANDARD DRAFTED. The American Forest and Paper Assoc. (AF & PA), Washington, D.C., and the Fibre Box Association, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, USA have announced the release of a draft, voluntary standard to certify that corrugated board or boxes treated to improve performance in the presence of water or water vapor, are repulpable, and are recyclable. The draft document, released for public comment on February 1, 2005, is the product of a joint committee that included box manufacturers, paper mill operators, and recycled fiber users. The new draft standard has two test protocol requirements: repulpability and recylability. Treated material that passes both test protocols may be certified by the manufacturer with a new symbol.