Utilization of used packaging materials such as cartons, sheets, boxes etc. is a complicated problem, because many times these materials are disposed in nature which occupies space and with time degrades to develop environmental pollution issues. In most of the cases, packaging materials, only after one time use, are thrown away, causing economical losses. If these used packaging materials can be reused effectively then its environmental impact as well as economical loss could be prevented. This article centres on corrugated cardboard, which is used for packaging and, coconut rope, which is used for tying packaged boxes. These two materials have low thermal conductivity; therefore they act as good thermal insulators and were used to insulate the steam pipe. Thickness of the insulating materials was decided by determining critical thickness of insulation materials. Before insulation, heat loss was found to be 122.0 W/m whereas after insulation, it was 36.32 W/m. It can be concluded from this result that three times more heat loss could be prevented by utilizing waste packaging materials as insulators. Mathematical model was developed for steady state heat transfer and simulated results showed a good match of experimental and predicted values. These findings justify the validity of the developed model and its applicability for further studies. This article can be downloaded free of charge from: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41783-017-0005-2
