Berry Superfos and Neste equip Tchibo with bio-based coffee capsules for Qbo brand
German coffee producer Tchibo is introducing a bio-based capsule for its Qbo brand made 70% from second-generation renewable raw materials. Coffee capsules are becoming more popular around the world. However, the downside is the environmental footprint they have by generating a lot of packaging waste from virgin PP material. Tchibo wanted to change the material composition of its Qbo brand capsules to improve their environmental sustainability. The company explains its first step was to partner with the producer of their capsules, Berry Superfos, and the Finish feedstock supplier, Neste, to explore what could be done.
TIPA and G. Mondioni SPA partner to produce market-first home compostable wet food container
The market-first partnership will see G. Mondini offer paper-based, fully compostable Paperseal® packaging solutions optimized for wet, chilled, frozen, and fresh food products. The TIPA film will then act as a liner to create a barrier against oxygen, moisture and humidity. TIPA and G. Mondini’s collaboration aims at reducing plastic waste and is an innovation in the sustainable plastics industry and in packaging wet food products. These compostable films and paper solutions carry food waste to compost in line with Italy’s EU-leading regulatory regime, which sees compostable plastics collected with organic waste. This solution is addressing the urgent need to divert non-recyclable waste, that may contaminate the organic recycling stream, such as food-soiled containers and plastic packaging, out of landfills.
CJ Bio & NatureWorks sign letter of intent for long-term cooperation
CJ Bio, a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang specialised in the production of fermentation-based bioproducts, and NatureWorks, a leading producer of PLA, have signed a letter of intent (LOI) establishing a strategic alignment between the two companies. Both are now working toward a Master Collaboration Agreement (MCA), that will govern their collaboration on the development of sustainable materials solutions based on CJ Bio’s PHACT Marine Biodegradable Polymers and NatureWorks’ Ingeo biomaterials technology. The companies realise the potential to further enhance performance and end-of-use solutions for biopolymers and increase the level of adoption across the board. The goal of the agreement is therefore to develop high-performance biopolymers to replace fossil fuel-based plastics in applications ranging from compostable food packaging and food service ware to personal care, and beyond.