Signal · Commodities & Input Costs
Amid push for recycled fiber packaging, virgin demand remains strong
What the source reported
Source-reported<figure><div><img src="https://imgproxy.divecdn.com/U1WLbrSwpw9OoBsxgXxbqZrldW6C8eSkpp2M3q_MwJw/g:ce/rs:fill:1600:900:1/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9HZXR0eUltYWdlcy0yMTcyMDQ5NjUyXzIuanBn.webp"/></div></figure><p>Customer requests for recycled fiber are growing, but virgin still plays an important role. “Without sourced virgin fiber coming into the system, at some point all of the fiber is too short to make boxes,” said a Smurfit Westrock leader.</p>
- Publication
- Packaging Dive · Trade Publication
- Published
- 12th October 2026
- Original report
- packagingdive.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Commodities & Input Costs
- Geography
- Global
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 13th October 2026 · 20:22
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
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Initial Significance Low (13.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (25.5/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Geographic Breadth