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How can sustainable packaging be produced and valuable cycles created? Companies have been increasingly looking into this question in recent years and are searching for alternative packaging materials, particularly in the area of fibre-based packaging. Here it makes sense to utilise materials that are already produced - for example in agriculture. In the Netherlands, paper manufacturer Crown Van Gelder offers paper made from sugar beet pulp.
Since 2020, the Dutch company has been producing Crown Native, a paper that is characterised by various positive properties. It is Strong, food-safe, recyclable and compostable. Crown Native can also be printed using offset and flexo printing.
This is manufactured Paper made from 20 per cent sugar beet fibre and that has ecological advantages. The ecological footprint is 16 percent lower and the fibres have 80 percent less impact on the environment than wood fibre. This is because the beet pulp is produced anyway when the sugar beet is harvested and further processed into sugar, for example, and grows locally and faster than wood or trees.
From biogas to food bags
The paper was developed within a year together with Royal Cosun. The merger of 8,400 farmers and more than 23,000 partners develop plant-based products of the highest quality, from food to green energy such as biogas. Sugar beet paper has already been used to make sacks, bags, stationery and pizza boxes.
„I am proud to see how the good cooperation with our partners has led to the successful development and use of this environmentally friendly bag. This plant-based innovation fits perfectly into our Cosun strategy ‚Unlock25‘, in which we want to unleash the full potential of our plants.“
Andries Olie, Manager Sustainability at Royal Cosun
The paper bag was honoured with the EUROSAC Grand Prix 2022 in bronze and also received the audience award. The paper from the Cosun Beet Company, Novidon (a Cosun company) and Crown Van Gelder is used by Fiorini printed and processed into sacks, which are then filled with seeds from grass producer DLF.
„Sustainability is an important topic for DLF. Our core business: grass is in itself a very sustainable natural product that contributes in many ways to making the world more sustainable. As part of this special innovative partner chain, we were able to use this even more environmentally friendly paper for our sacks. By using this new type of paper, we are making the world a little greener.“
Johan Monfrooij, Supply Chain Manager for DLF Benelux
The developed open-mouth sack consists of three layers of Crown Native paper and the Novinexx CPB paper sack adhesive from Novidon. The Packaging fibres can be reused up to seven times and the cooperation with Royal Cosun ensures that the beet is fully utilised and recycled.
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