Sustainability
Environmental Statement
Together with our TRUE PARTNERS, Rohrer commits to reducing our carbon footprint and improving our impact on the environment at every stage of the manufacturing process.
Rohrer will continue expanding our efforts towards:
- Advancing our sustainable packaging solutions we offer to our partners from raw materials to structure and design
- Continuously improving our manufacturing processes to decrease waste and energy consumption
- Selecting vendors who share our values and uphold the same commitments to the environment
- We will digitize our workflows, including: purchase orders, approvals, and financial processes
- We will implement waste diversion practices, expand our recycling programs, and reduce manufacturing and office waste
- We will reduce overall energy consumption through manufacturing modernization, and will increase renewable energy usage throughout our facilities
- We will partner with third-party associations that can help us achieve our stated goals
- In our latest EcoVadis rating, completed May 2024, we earned a Committed badge, demonstrating our progress toward sustainability
- Rohrer is a member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition
Sustainable Packaging Materials Offered
Below are some of the sustainable material solutions we offer and recommend:
- All-Paper Blister
- A packaging solution made completely out of paper to help brands achieve sustainability goals
- Provides more billboard space for additional print decorating opportunities
- Rohrer’s innovative design team can assist in developing an All-Paper Blister program unique to your product line
- Recycled paperboard options available
- Board
- Our SBS paperboard materials are available certified Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) with a documented chain of custody, ensuring our paper comes from responsibly managed forests (Chain of custody passed to customers requires a separate process)
- We offer recycled board solutions
- Rohrer prefers low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) water-based coatings
- Plastic
- We recommend recycled PET substrates for blisters and clamshell packaging
- We offer a wide array of recycled and recyclable options for blisters, trays, clamshells, and rigid plastic boxes
- ezCombo®
- Rohrer’s ezCombo® program includes RPET and FSC board
- ecoCombo®, the packaging industry’s first post-consumer recycled materials combo program.
Designing for Sustainability
By request, our experts will audit your current packaging and recommend sustainable solutions through packaging design. Our design audit will focus on material selection, recyclability, and life-cycle assessment.
Recycling & Energy Use
In one year, Rohrer recycles nearly 40,000,000 pounds of material, including more than 23,000,000 pounds of paper and more than 15,000,000 pounds of plastic. Rohrer’s recycling programs impact (aggregate):
- 195,500 trees saved
- 9.5MM gallons of oil saved
- 89MM+ Kwh of energy saved
- 260,000 cubic yards of landfill space saved
Our regional and international presence in the United States and Mexico improves customer proximity and reduces freight energy consumption and emissions. We also work to continuously improve the energy usage within our facilities, including:
- Capturing our thermal energy from our manufacturing process to heat our facilities
- A significant portion of our machinery is equipped to automatically shut off and conserve energy when not in use
- Our scrap removal system includes a make-up air system, filtering the air
- Upgrading our presses – the combined energy savings is 2-to-1 with 80% less water used
- Using high-efficiency lighting in all of our manufacturing facilities
