Packaging firm Sonoco's rigid plastics facility in the US has secured LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification from the US Green Building Council.
Located in the Beauty and Home Care Campus of New Albany, Ohio, the $15m facility produces PET bottles for personal care products, and also plastic components for wall air fresheners.
According to the company, the 142,230ft2 plant has been operational since October 2012.
Sonoco Plastics vice president Howard Coker said the team has worked to achieve LEED Silver certification from 2011, when the construction of the plant started.
"Additionally, having our facilities LEED certified further demonstrates Sonoco's commitment to the idea that smart packaging is more than plastics, cardboard and paper - it's focusing on continuous improvement in how we operate and working to shrink our environmental footprint," Coker added.
Sonoco, which has 25 plastics operations in the US, Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Netherlands and Germany, produces mono-layer and multi-layer blow-molded bottles and jars, thermoformed cups and trays and engineered molded and extruded containers, spools and trays.
Image: Sonoco's New Albany, Ohio rigid plastics facility. Photo: Courtesy of Sonoco Products Company.
