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Reel recycling
Sonoco's reel recycling program helped save U.S. electric utilities and wire and cable manufactures approximately 50,000 trees and $6 million in disposal costs by recycling more than 150,000 wire and cable reels over the past year.

As North America's leading wire and cable reel manufacturer, Sonoco offers the largest and most comprehensive reel recycling program, serving 1,200 end users in 641 cities in the 48 contiguous United States and Canada.

The reel recycling process is simple and very user-friendly. When there are enough reels to pick up, one call to Sonoco schedules a pick up, sends its trucks, loads the used reels and takes them to one of our 13 regional recycling centers.

Sonoco's program helps utilities and wire and cable manufacturers reduce their landfill costs and supplies them with cost-effective reels, which can often be recycled three or four times.

The recycling program is especially economical for larger companies with the infrastructure to use and dispose of a large number of reels. The program began with electric utility companies, primarily in the Southern United States, and has expanded nationwide. Today, Sonoco recycles reels for most of the nation's largest investor-owned utilities as well as public authorities and rural electric cooperatives.

For more information about Sonoco's wire and cable reel recycling service, contact Mike Harris, +256-751-5027.

 
 
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