WS Packaging Recognized as Business Friend of the Environment

GREEN BAY, Wis.—WS Packaging Group, Inc. has won the "Business Friend of the Environment Award" for environmental innovation by the Wisconsin Environmental Working Group®, an affiliate of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Conference.

WS Packaging won the award for environmental innovation in part for its efforts at its Algoma, Wis., facility to keep about 115 tons of waste material per month from the local landfill. The company has partnered with a state firm that turns the waste material into industrial pellets that can be mixed with coal and bio-fuels to heat buildings and generate electricity.