Falling demand for cardboard boxes — long a proxy for consumer spending — is raising concerns about the U.S. economy ...

Cardboard packaging is often overlooked, yet it underpins the supply chain, with most products—from groceries to machinery—passing through a box before reaching their destination.

South Africans are shifting to sustainable packaging; paper and cardboard top 15 criteria ahead of glass, plastic and metal.

Box makers and analysts say demand presently suffers from uncertainty in U.S. boardrooms and export markets because of President Trump’s tariffs as well as from weakening consumer spending. The ...

Demand for corrugated packaging, a staple for shipping everything from food to appliances, has dropped to its lowest levels since 2016, a decline some analysts see as a red flag for U.S. consumer ...

Ryan Fox is a containers and packaging analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence. He spoke with “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal about what’s happening in the cardboard box economy and what that says about ...

1. Paper-based packaging is the sustainable alternative that consumers want from brands. More and more, consumers are demanding packages that are environmentally responsible: recyclable and renewable.

The cardboard box goes largely unappreciated. Yet, it is indispensable to our daily living. It holds all of our knick-knacks and personal mementos when we move or have things shipped. It holds our ...

Columbus recycling companies are harvesting more cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and aluminum cans than ever. The Cincinnati-based Rumpke Waste and Recycling said it's seeing a clear uptick in ...

Corrugated cardboard is one of those things that we never really think about, but chances are you see it every day. Look around you. As I am sitting here in my office, I can see a cardboard box of ...