30% postconsumer HDPE or 100% postconsumer paper or 16% postconsumer steel
Availability:
Industrial steel drums automatically contain recycled steel so 16% is easy to achieve. The poison inhalation hazard drums purchased by the Pacific Northwest National Lab contain a minimum of 25% recycled steel. The main problem seems to be for sites trying to purchase fiber drums with 100% recycled content. The Y 12 National Security Complex (Anne Ostergaard) found one supplier with tops and bottoms of their fiber drums containing recycled content but not the side walls. To purchase these Sonoco/Greif drums with recycled content in at least the tops and bottoms, contact Katie Maupin (Tel. (866) 422-6356).
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