Milliken receives Sonoco Sustainability Star Award
19 Nov '11
3 min read
Currently, Sonoco Recycling operates six material recovery facilities (MRFs) and serves more than 125 communities in which curbside-collected residential and commercial materials are processed. The Company also provides recycling programs which identify waste reduction opportunities that reduce operating expenses for many of the largest consumer product companies in the U.S.
Milliken is an innovation company that has been exploring, discovering and creating ways to enhance people's lives since 1865. Milliken's community of innovators has developed one of the larger collections of United States patents held by a private U.S. company.
With expertise across a breadth of disciplines including specialty chemical, floor covering and performance materials, Milliken works around the world every day to add true value to people's lives, improve health and safety, and make this world more sustainable.
Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a $4.1 billion global manufacturer of industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services, with more than 300 operations in 34 countries, serving customers in some 85 nations. Sonoco is a proud member of the 2011/2012 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.