All-Paper Containers
Show consumers you care with convenient, durable, environmentally responsible all-paper cans.
At Sonoco, we believe in delivering sustainable solutions to our customers. Our all-paper cans are made with 100% recycled fiber and include all the features that insightful brands and consumers demand.
Form and Function for Multiple Uses
Sonoco’s new EnviroCan®, featuring a paper bottom, is an all-paper container made to meet diverse packaging needs. With multiple sizes and premium shelf appeal, these paper tube containers are an excellent choice for brands that want convenience, versatility, and recyclability.
Paper Packaging: A Natural Fit
All-Paper Can Sizes
Ideal for portion packs to large volume formats, all-paper containers come in a variety of sizes to fit your product:
- Diameters: Range from 2.75 to 6 inches
- Heights: Between 2.75 and 9.5 inches
- Sonoco assists with sealing equipment based on finished application needs
Custom Package Labeling
Various labeling options are available with multiple material substrates and printing styles for dynamic shelf appeal.
Advanced Barrier Solutions for Added Protection
All-paper cans are lined with barrier protection to keep oxygen and moisture out while maintaining the freshness of the contents inside. Sonoco offers low, medium and high barrier coatings inside the paper tube and peelable paper membranes to preserve your product.
The multiple layers are wound with 100% recycled paperboard, create a rigidity that withstands handling, stacking and external pressure while protecting delicate contents from breakage.
Sustainability Benefits: All-Paper Containers
Engineered for Packaging Circularity
All-paper containers are made with 100% recycled fiber, with up to 90% coming from post-consumer resources, eliminating the necessity for virgin fibers and actively contributing to the reversal of deforestation practices. The EnviroCan® with a Paper Bottom successfully passed the Repulpability and the Recyclability tests at Western Michigan University, yielding more than 85% recovered fiber and proving that it did not affect resulting product performance. Many of Sonoco’s paper mills are certified by one or more fiber certification programs, including:
- Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC)
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI)
- Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification® (PEFC) Chain of Custody and Due Diligence System Standards
Sustainability Benefits: All-Paper Containers
- Use of Recycled Fiber
- Consumer-friendly Recycling
- Curbside Collection
- Converting
- Circularity
Use of Recycled Fiber
Sonoco makes our rigid paper containers with up to 90% recycled fiber. Not only does that help reduce our reliance on virgin fiber content, it also strengthens the viability of recycled fiber, helping to ensure the market demand and availability of recycled content for years to come.
Popular Uses
Snacks and Stacked Chips
Nuts and Trail Mix
Cereals and Grains
Candies and Confection
Sugar and Spices
Powdered Beverage
Coffee and Tea
Pet Products
Health and Beauty Aids
Add Responsible Packaging to Your Product Line
Talk to a Sonoco representative about your application today.
