**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATIONSPURSUANT TO SECTION 302OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Stephen E.Macadam, certify that:

1.                I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 10-K of Consolidated Container CompanyLLC (the “registrant”).

2.                Based on myknowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report.

3.                Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this annual report.

4.                The registrant’sother certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

(a)           Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

(b)          Evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

(c)           Disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting; and

5.                The registrant’sother certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of registrant’s management committee:

(a)           All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrols over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

(b)          Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financialreporting.
| Date: March 22, 2004 | By:                                                | /s/ Stephen E.  Macadam |
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|                      | Stephen E.  Macadam                                |
| * *                  | *President,  Chief Executive Officer, and Manager* |

 

A signed original of this written statement requiredby Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided toConsolidated Container Company LLC and will be retained by ConsolidatedContainer Company LLC and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commissionor its staff upon request.

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