Comparison of Raturnable Paper and Plastic Corrugated Packaging Trays for the Unite States Postal Service

摘要

This study provides a compariosn of paper and plastic corrugated materials that are used for packaging. The test containers were mail trays used by the United States Postal Service. The test methods consist of performing an accelerated test in a warehous facility that closely simulates the everyday handling characteristics encountered by these trays in postal facilities. The results also comapred differences in material-recycled content and fabrication processes. The results show that the reusable plastic corrugated trayps performed 2.5 to 3 times better than similar types of reusable paper corrugated trays.