{"id":729904,"date":"2020-07-28T10:39:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T08:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/material-lab\/material\/ecolean\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:12:21","slug":"ecolean","status":"publish","type":"material","link":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/en\/insights\/materials\/ecolean\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecolean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kreide-amp-polymer-verpackung-fur-nahrungs-flussigkeiten\">Chalk &amp; Polymer Food Liquid Packaging<\/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\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-4-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-4-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-4-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-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\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-3-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-3-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-3-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-3-720x720.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\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-2-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-2-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-2-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Ecolean-Ecolean-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=\"h-ecolean\">Ecolean<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ecolean<\/em> &#8216;s lightweight material consists of recyclable plastic (PE and PP) and up to 35% chalk (calcium carbonate). The ingredients of this thin plastic film not only guarantee lightweight packaging, but also reduce environmental impact and optimize transport weight. The bag weighs just 16g. The disposal efficiency of this<br\/>multilayer remains to be seen. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif wp-block-paragraph\">Product name:<strong> <strong><strong>Ecolean<\/strong><\/strong><br\/><\/strong>Manufacturer:<strong> <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecolean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ecolean AB<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br\/>Project status: Concept \/\/ Prototype \/\/ Ready for market \/\/ <strong>Ready for series production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Peters, Sascha: Materialrevolution I. Sustainable and multifunctional materials for design and architecture, Basel 2014, p. 102.<br\/>Image source: Ecolean AB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chalk &amp; Polymer Food Liquid Packaging Ecolean Ecolean &#8216;s lightweight material consists of recyclable plastic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":625764,"template":"","material_status":[1190],"material_category":[1409],"material_type":[2105,1593,1587,1578,2127,2128,1768,2129],"material_food":[2100,2082,2081,2101,1189,2102],"material_topic":[2088,2104,1600],"class_list":["post-729904","material","type-material","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","material_status-series-production-ready","material_category-plastics-biopolymers","material_type-other-polymers","material_type-pe-en","material_type-pet-en","material_type-pp-en","material_type-rhdpe-en","material_type-rldpe-en","material_type-rpet-en","material_type-rpp-en","material_food-alcoholic-beverages","material_food-dairy-products-cheese","material_food-egg-egg-products","material_food-non-alcoholic-beverages","material_food-other","material_food-other-liquids","material_topic-food-compliant","material_topic-recycled-en","material_topic-disposable-tableware"],"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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