Jan 14, 2008. /Lesprom Network/. Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has relocated its Charleston, S.C., recycling operation from 20 Braswell Street to a new, state-of-the-art materials recycling facility 1.5 miles away at 2025 Tellico Road in North Charleston. “Our new North Charleston facility is larger—a nearly 30,000 square foot building on a 5-acre site—and much more efficient than our former location,” said Myles Cohen, Vice President and general manager of Sonoco Recycling, the Sonoco business unit formerly known as Paper Stock Dealers. “Its additional space and improved productivity will allow us to process and warehouse a larger volume of recyclables than we’ve been able to handle in the past. This new capability will benefit the community and our Company through increased environmental sustainability.” Sonoco Recycling’s new Charleston facility accepts and processes most corrugated boxes and other grades of paper materials, metals and plastics, and will have an annual recycling capability of approximately one-quarter of a billion pounds of recyclable materials. As Sonoco's dedicated recycling business, Sonoco Recycling is one of the world's largest recyclers, collecting more than 3.5 million tons per year of various grades of paper, plastic, metal and other materials. Sonoco is a global manufacturer of industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services.