We are most definitely concerned about our environment. You can read more about what we are doing by
clicking here. Recycled paperboard serves an important role in the box universe and BRP has used “chip board” in the past to make boxes for everything from envelope boxes to horse shampoo. For bakery boxes, however, our tests with chip board showed it had a tendency to sag. Bakers testing for us in real-world conditions noted this flimsiness as well. Paperboard suppliers let us know that in order to get the same rigidity as our Natural Kraft board, we would need to increase the thickness. Even after stepping up in thickness, the chip board was still not as rigid as Natural Kraft and because recycled board is more dense, it weighed more. Paperboard is sold by weight so using recycled board would make each box more expensive to produce, more expensive to ship, and the result would be a flimsier box.
BRP wants to provide the best boxes at the best price with the best environmental outcomes. For now, our Natural Kraft material beats out recycled paperboard for our boxes.
While not recycled, natural bakery boxes use less material than common board boxes, aren’t bleached with strong chemicals, and have an organic look true to their environmentally responsible make-up. They are a good green solution and unquestionably safe for food.
The paperboard material of all of our boxes is recyclable and biodegradable. Please talk to your local recycling center to see if you need to do anything to your boxes to prepare them for processing – for example, tearing the window film out. Our cellulose acetate window material is also biodegradable! As composting people know, the decomposition rate of biodegradable materials is dependent on moisture, light, and other variables so it is worth doing some research if you wish to convert your boxes into stuff to make plants happy.
