Germany's BASF biopolymer powers Metpack's eco food packaging
Metpack, Istanbul, now offers Ezycompost, a home-compostable coated paper for food packaging using BASF's ecovio 70 PS14H6. Certified to EN 13432 and AS 5810, it provides strong barrier properties, is food-contact approved, and suitable for various applications. It supports organics recycling, reduces microplastics, and enables circular economy goals.
There is a big trend in society, in some countries driven by legislation, to move from pure plastic to paper-based packaging, which in itself is not suitable for a lot of different foods, especially with liquid or fatty ingredients. The new home-compostable, coated paper by Metpack can be used for many food-contact applications like cold/hot cups as well as pots and trays for deep-freezing or microwave use. It can be manufactured on standard forming lines, enabling faster coating speeds and 40% thinner coating than polylactic acid (PLA). Ecovio 70 PS14H6 allows for coating line speeds comparable to polyethylene (PE). The material shows no adhesion to chill roll, outstanding sealing and printing properties and can be processed by mono or co-extrusion without adhesives.
'With Ezycompost, we can offer the food industry the best of both worlds when it comes to coated paper packaging', says Sühan Gürer, Vice President sales and new project development at Metpack. 'It has the same strength as PE-coated paper but with the added benefit that it is certified compostable and creates no persistent microplastics in organic or paper waste streams. Its faster processing and home-compostability is a double advantage compared to coatings made of PLA, which is industrial compostable only. This all enables the food packaging industry to differentiate their products without compromise on performance and quality as well as reach their sustainability targets.' Metpack's paper solution is certified up to a grammage of 334 gsm in total composition.
After usage, food packaging made of Ezycompost coated with ecovio 70 PS14H6 can be composted in garden home compost according to national legislation. Thus, BASF's home-compostable ecovio extends the end-of-life options for paper food packaging. 'Our ecovio 70 PS14H6 is also industrial compostable and performs well in paper recycling', says Michael Bernhard Schick from global marketing Biopolymers at BASF. 'Its home compostability is even certified according to Australian standard AS 5810, which is the most stringent one in the world. Our biopolymer is available with a bio-based content between 70 and 80 percent of renewable resources according to ASTM D 6866. If customers want to reduce their Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) even further, we can also supply a certified biomassed balanced (BMB) grade: At the beginning of production, its fossil-based feedstock is 100% replaced with waste-based biomass which is then attributed to the BMB grade and thus has a 25% lower PCF than the standard ecovio grade.' The BMB grade comes with the same properties, performance, machine processability and biodegradation certificates as the standard ecovio 70 PS14H6. Due to its excellent migration barrier properties the BASF biopolymer also enables the use of recycled paper in food applications.
BASF's biopolymers enable organics recycling
BASF's biopolymer ecovio is certified compostable in accordance with standards such as DIN EN 13432. Typical applications for ecovio are organic waste bags, cling film, fruit and vegetable bags, as well as agricultural mulch films and food packaging applications. Studies show the advantages of ecovio for production, packaging and shelf life of food as well as for the collection of food waste. These advantages are based on the material's certified biodegradability in industrial and home composting as well as in agricultural soil: Food waste is reduced, nutrients are returned to the soil by means of greater volumes of compost – and the accumulation of persistent microplastic in agricultural soil is avoided. This contributes to a circular economy by closing the nutrient cycle via organics recycling. Note: The headline, insights, and image of this press release may have been refined by the Fibre2Fashion staff; the rest of the content remains unchanged.
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