There is a cardboard box sitting somewhere near you right now. Maybe it held your last online order, your breakfast cereal, or a shipment of electronics. It is easy to overlook. It is also one of the most sophisticated material innovations in modern commerce, and its story is only getting more interesting.
Fiber-based packaging, which includes corrugated cardboard, molded pulp, paperboard cartons, kraft paper, and honeycomb board, has quietly become the backbone of how the world moves and protects goods. And it is no longer playing second fiddle to plastic. It is winning.
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