{"id":729767,"date":"2021-07-06T09:26:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T07:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/material-lab\/material\/arekapak\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T03:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:49:33","slug":"arekapak","status":"publish","type":"material","link":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/en\/insights\/materials\/arekapak\/","title":{"rendered":"Arekapak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-umverpackungen-aus-palmenblattern\">Outer packaging from palm leaves<\/h1>\n    <section class=\"info-slider alignfull\"\n             style=\"--items-per-row:2;\"  data-component=\"slider\" data-gap=\"0\" data-loop=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n            <div class=\"slider__container swiper\">\n                <div class=\"slider__slides swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-4-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-4-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-4-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-4-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-1-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-1-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-1-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-1-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-2-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-2-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-2-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-arekapak-TakeAway-2-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t                            <div class=\"theme--dark\">\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-prev swiper-button-prev theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-next swiper-button-next theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\t\t\t             <div class=\"slider__scrollbar swiper-scrollbar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t    <\/section>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-6e7c5cdf-8670-4f05-9235-7367f8662674\">Arekapak<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-e4f0fb50-c2aa-435d-9a6b-5b2accda55d8\">On a study trip to India, Arekapak&#8217;s founders experienced firsthand the environmental impact of the packaging industry &#8211; huge piles of garbage mar the country&#8217;s beauty. Thus, the urge arose to counteract this deplorable state of affairs with fully circular packaging, while at the same time strengthening the local economy. The first prototypes were quickly developed, captivating with the special aesthetics of the base material, the leaf of the areca palm tree that gives it its name. This is an agricultural by-product obtained without clearing. Fallen leaves are collected locally by small producers, dried in the sun and pressed into shape in the process. The result is biodegradable packaging with an extremely small ecological footprint, without petroleum, but with high stability. The sustainable hard shells are heat and cold resistant and therefore ideally suited for use as food packaging. The young company is currently looking for partners to bring the innovation to series production.       <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-e2b683b8-cc89-46a3-a96f-a0df39f7bc54\">Product name:<strong> Arekapak<br\/><\/strong>Manufacturer: <strong>Arekapak GmbH<\/strong><br\/>Project status: Concept \/\/ Prototype \/\/ Ready for market \/\/ <strong>Ready for series production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-d30bca0c-929c-4f9d-880c-08374335c815\">Source: Arekapak<br\/>Image source: Arekapak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outer packaging from palm leaves Arekapak On a study trip to India, Arekapak&#8217;s founders experienced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":586041,"template":"","material_status":[1203],"material_category":[1813],"material_type":[2089,2090,2158],"material_food":[1565,1570,2083],"material_topic":[2192,2139,1411,2084,1575,2087,2104,1724,2086,1423,2110,1566],"class_list":["post-729767","material","type-material","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","material_status-market-ready","material_category-miscellaneous-mixed","material_type-other-fibers","material_type-organic-origin","material_type-other","material_food-bread-pastries","material_food-fruit-vegetables","material_food-various-foods","material_topic-reusable-en","material_topic-alternative","material_topic-biodegradable","material_topic-circular","material_topic-compostable","material_topic-organic","material_topic-recycled-en","material_topic-reusable","material_topic-take-away-en","material_topic-upcycling-en","material_topic-waste-based","material_topic-zero-waste-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MILK. 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