The Sauerland-based packaging specialist Jonatura developed a compostable all-purpose bag with the support of the resource efficiency consultancy Effizienz-Agentur NRW (EFA).
Last year, Jonatura GmbH planned the production of a new compostable and resealable all-purpose bag. The company produces bio-based packaging and shipping materials that are biodegradable and compostable. Raw materials such as starch, sugar cane, lactic acid and cellulose from FSC-certified forestry operations are used.
In order to solve the technical production and material-related challenges, the company utilised the resource efficiency consulting services of the Efficiency Agency NRW. The consulting partner was U.B.Tech.GmbH. The consultancy was funded by the „Mittelstand Innovativ! R&D innovation voucher“ programme of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. „As part of the project, possible recipe components were analysed methodically and reduced to the most promising ones,“ explains Ekkehard Wiechel, head of the Werl regional office of EFA, which works on behalf of the NRW Ministry of the Environment.
In addition to examining different sample variants and their properties, the production capability of the favoured recipes and their machinability as semi-finished and end products were tested. „At the end of the process, we received a compostable and resealable bag that achieved Keimling certification,“ says a satisfied Jonatura Managing Director Oliver Mielke.
Source: Jonatura
