How to Use paperboard in a Sentence

paperboard

noun

• The mill churns out enough of this paperboard to be folded into 32m cartons a day.
  — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019
• Packaging for the item amounts to more than 7 million pounds of paperboard per year.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
• Pulp, paper and paperboard mills were the largest releasers.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
• Once the fiber degrades, it can be used to make paperboard, which is used in things like cereal boxes.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2021
• But prices for paperboard, which is used for beer and cereal boxes, have held up.
  — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
• The address is listed as Joe Piper Inc., a distributor of odd lot paperboard.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2022
• But while that impressed our experts, kids were more into the cool designs on these paperboard panels, which connect with plastic links.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 16 Nov. 2022
• Michelina’s Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, produced April 22, comes in an 8.5-ounce paperboard tray with lid package.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 June 2021
• The Mexican Pizza had sent more than 7 million pounds of paperboard into landfills each year, the company said.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 19 May 2022
• And 20 percent of paperboard packaging, like boxes for fries and pizzas, contained PFAS.
  — Megan Schmidt, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2019
• Before his remarks, Biden toured a warehouse-sized shed at the port containing giant rolls of fiber paperboard made by a Finnish company, Metsä Board, used to make boxes.
  — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 10 Nov. 2021
• Postcards, which should be no more than 4 ¼ by 6 inches, can be made from paperboard—like cereal and granola bar boxes—as well as any kind of cardboard packaging.
  — National Geographic, 2 July 2020
• Togo transforms a single sheet of paperboard into a hyper-efficient purse for your meal.
  — Joseph Flaherty, WIRED, 23 Oct. 2013
• The paper cup, which is expected to hit the shelves end of this year, is 80% paperboard, made from responsibly sourced and renewable material.
  — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2021
• Clare's paint trays and liners are made from recycled materials and arrive in a 100% recycled paperboard box at your door.
  — Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
• Plus, the boxes are made from 100% recycled paperboard and use a thin outer plastic for freshness to reduce material needs.
  — Lynn Redmile, Good Housekeeping, 20 Oct. 2020
• And Alabama is second in the nation in pulp production and paper and paperboard production.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 24 Mar. 2020
• Approximately 26% of waste dumped in landfill sites is discarded paper and paperboard, according to The World Counts.
  — Eugene Xiong, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Previously, disposal of the pizza's packaging amounted to more than 7 million pounds of paperboard per year.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 18 Apr. 2022
• There are also trash bags that are made with recycled materials or reclaimed plastic, or that are packaged in recycled paperboard.
  — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
• For example, french fry containers — aptly called Frypods — are being made with a new recyclable paperboard.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 4 May 2021
• The company became the world's primary source of converting machinery for the production of paper cup and paperboard containers.
  — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2018
• Statewide, there are 35 pulp, paper and paperboard mills with a total annual payroll of nearly $2.5 billion, according to industry figures.
  — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2020
• But Billerud is proposing a more than $1 billion retooling of the mill to convert it to primarily constructing paperboard, used in cereal and other consumer product boxes.
  — Freep.com, 23 Apr. 2023
• Cardboard is more biodegradable than plastic packaging, but its production is linked to deforestation and heavy chemical use by paperboard mills.
  — Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
• Mexican Pizza packaging accounts for over 7 million pounds of paperboard material per year in the U.S.
  — Alicia Kelso, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
• At Burger King, one Whopper wrapping out of three tested above that threshold for fluorine; bags for chicken nuggets and cookies also tested positive, although paperboard boxes did not.
  — Michele Cohen Marill, Wired, 7 Aug. 2020
• Easy on the planet, but a powerful match for body odor, this refillable antiperspirant eliminates the single-use plastic for packaging, as its container is made from more eco-friendly paperboard.
  — Erica Metzger, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2021
• Georgia-Pacific is investing $50 million in its Brewton mill, funding upgrades of its paperboard machine.
  — William Thornton, AL.com, 23 May 2017
• The new paperboard production line under construction in November.
  — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 20 Aug 2024