Papacks has established its own supply chain for certified industrial hemp with its strategic partner Ukrainian Hemp, thus offering an alternative to wood-based pulp and plastic.
By its own account, Papacks is the first company in the world to have realised a Scalable, certified and sustainable alternative to wood pulp and plastics on an industrial scale.
Industrial hemp enables the production of moulded fibre packaging and paper-based materials - completely without wood, high energy consumption and high CO₂ emissions. In contrast to trees hemp grows in a few months, can be grown regionally and does not require deforestation.
Packaging made from hemp fibres meets the requirements of the EU Packaging Ordinance (PPWR), is over 80 per cent recyclable in waste paper and fulfil international standards for food and pharmaceutical safety (BfR, FDA, BRCGS).
„We are not simply replacing a raw material. We are scrutinising an entire system. Industrial hemp enables us to decouple packaging from the principle of deforestation - and at the same time establish truly circular material cycles in Europe.“
Tahsin Dag, CEO and founder of Papack
Scalable and future-proof
Despite the challenges posed by the war in Ukraine, Papacks, together with Ukrainian Hemp, has established an industrial infrastructure for processing hemp into fibre casting, pulp and packaging, thus offering a regional, regenerative value chain. From field to fibre to form. The focus is on supply on an industrial scale and quality: renewable, recyclable and usable across all industries.
The fibres are processed throughout the entire cycle chain - from trays, containers, capsules and moulded packaging parts through to paper and composite materials. Hemp doesn't just replace plastic - it replaces the system.
Source: Papacks
