Koehler Paper and chocolate manufacturer nucao have developed paper packaging for the company's vegan chocolate bar. The flexible packaging paper provides an oxygen, mineral oil and grease barrier and is recyclable via the waste paper stream.
The focus during the development of the flexible packaging paper »Koehler NexPlus Advanced« was not only on the Product protection also based on recyclability. The paper can therefore be utilised in the standard paper recycling process and frequently reused. This is also confirmed by the Paper Technology Foundation (PTS) and the environmental service provider Interseroh.
„The paper fibres can be recycled up to 13 times. Together with nucao, we want to be a pioneer on the chocolate shelf and show that we can live a circular economy and use the raw materials available to us sensibly and sustainably.“
Christoph Wachter, Head of the Flexible Packaging Paper Division at Koehler Paper
Compared to conventional plastic packaging, flexible paper packaging reduces CO2-footprint is also significant.
With the 360° sustainability approach for its chocolate bars, nucao not only campaigns for a deforestation-free supply chain and fair wages for cocoa farming families, but is also committed to the fight against plastic waste with environmentally friendly packaging. Mathias Tholey, Co-Founder nucao:
„Many chocolate manufacturers rely on a green attribute, but fair, organic or vegan alone are not enough to be truly sustainable. You need the full package! With Koehler Paper, we have a strong partner at our side with whom we have developed our recyclable paper packaging.“
With the NexFlex product range, the research and development team at Koehler Innovation & Technology, together with the experts at Koehler Paper one to 100 per cent recyclable generation of flexible packaging papers. The aim is to use so-called barrier papers to replace plastic in packaging wherever possible. The range covers a broad spectrum: this includes standard products in the field of coated and uncoated papers, which are used in composite materials for bags, sachets and other applications and are therefore suitable for a wide range of applications. Packaging for food and non-food products suitable.
The next generation of papers for flexible packaging are the sustainable barrier papers with their functional surfaces for product-specific protection (Koehler NexPlus). The NexFlex product family also includes one-side coated papers with good dimensional stability and high smoothness (Koehler NexCoat) and uncoated papers with a natural appearance (Koehler Nex-Pure). Various flexible packaging papers from Koehler Paper have been awarded the „Made for Recycling“ seal by the environmental service provider Interseroh.
Source: Koehler Paper
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