Meal Bag

Corn starch edible packaging – Packaging as part of the food chain instead of waste – based on this idea, product designer Amelie Graf has developed a concept to reduce packaging waste. The result is Meal Bag – an edible food packaging. In this way, the designer wants to contribute to a rethinking of the way we deal with[...]

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Dissolvable Noodle Packaging

Edible packaging film for pasta – Instant ramen noodles – the epitome of student food. The quick meal was also a regular fixture on the menu of Holly Grounds, who studied product design in London. Confronted with the mountains of waste and the environmental impact of the delicious snack’s packaging, however, the environmentally conscious Grounds faced an immense imbalance: In[...]

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COCOA HUSK PAPER

Zero-waste chocolate in cocoa shells –
Paper
– Zero-waste chocolate, from production to packaging – that is the claim of the Indian company Kocoatrait. Kocoatrait therefore wraps its socially and ecologically sustainable chocolates in an outer shell made exclusively from by-products of the cotton industry and the cocoa shells left over from chocolate production. The fiber-based material is free of plastics and[...]

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Conscious Chocolate

Compostable chocolate
packaging
– After a year of development, the British chocolate manufacturer Conscious Chocolate has succeeded in using compostable and recyclable packaging for its (exclusively vegan) chocolate products. The packaging solution for the Conscious Chocolate bar realized with the manufacturer Qualvis is plastic-free, recyclable, biodegradable and home-compostable. The cardboard cover is fully recyclable according to standard EN[...]

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Celova

Manufacturer of microfibrillated cellulose materials – Weidmann Fiber Technology is the world’s leading supplier of materials based on microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) and the associated know-how. Microfibrillated cellulose materials are created just like ordinary paper on the basis of wood. MFC is a natural building block of wood fibers. These are composed of a matrix of fibril bundles and these in[...]

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Ecomailer

Sustainable packaging options for eCommerce – HeapsGood is a sustainable packaging company specifically targeting the eCommerce market. The Australian company offers a range of bio-based alternatives to typical fossil plastic online retail packaging products, including industrially compostable tape, labels and home compostable mailer bags. The latter are waterproof, flexible and tear-resistant to meet the requirements of online shopping. Beyond that,[...]

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Earth Pack & Bio Pouch

Plant-based pouches – With the introduction of the sustainable PPC Green range, PPC Flexible Packaging is breaking new, sustainable ground. The ecologically designed products include Earth Pack, a fully recyclable stand-up pouch, and its compostable counterpart Bio-Pouch. The latter is made from plant-based PLA from annually renewable resources and is biodegradable in industrial composting facilities according to[...]

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RAFNXT+

Climate friendly labels – Sustainable paper labels, with the power of the forest: UPM Raflatac RAFNXT+ is the label material certified by Carbon Trust for its contribution to climate protection. The raw materials used in the production of RAFNXT+ paper labels come exclusively from sustainably managed, FSC-certified forests. In addition to economic feasibility, the management of these forests[...]

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TIPA

Compostable film – As functional as normal plastic packaging, but just as compostable as an orange peel: film packaging from TIPA®. Highly transparent, durable, lightweight and moisture-resistant, yet fully printable – these are all properties that are valued in plastic and, with TIPA®, are now also available as a sustainable solution. The film packaging is food-safe and[...]

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Cardia Bioplastics

Compostable resins & films – SECOS Group Limited is an Australian developer and manufacturer of sustainable packaging materials. The company specializes in the production of compostable resins and films – different compositions can be realized depending on customer requirements. The manufacturer’s Cardia compostable resins have a soft surface and can be dyed and printed. Typical applications include flexible films[...]

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Fiber Packaging

Customized packaging from natural fibers – Molded fiber sustainable packaging solutions have many advantages. They provide optimal product protection, are shock absorbent, resistant, volume reducing and biodegradable. By recycling waste paper or using renewable raw materials, their carbon footprint is small. Furthermore, an individual product design up to complex packaging forms can be realized, which can be refined in many[...]

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Repaq

Zero-waste film packaging – Nature has its own recycling process that produces only recyclables: composting. Repaq wants to integrate packaging into this ecological cycle and is developing materials for this purpose that are decomposed within a very short time by microorganisms, fungi, insects and mollusks into water and carbon dioxide. This is possible because Repaq uses its own[...]

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