{"id":45300,"date":"2021-06-07T14:46:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T12:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=45300"},"modified":"2021-06-07T14:46:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T12:46:22","slug":"bornewables-raw-materials-of-the-second-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/bornewables-rohstoffe-der-zweiten-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-generation raw materials for food cups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greiner Packaging uses second-generation raw materials in the production of food cups. The first sample cups for dairy products made of polypropylene (PP) with in-mould labelling (IML) as decoration technology are already available. The new premium polyolefins were developed by Borealis for the production of sustainable products.<\/p>\n

With Greiner Packaging<\/a> is pursuing various approaches to make packaging solutions as sustainable as possible. Now, for the first time, a food cup made from premium polyolefins, the completely from waste and residual material streams<\/strong> are produced. The product portfolio is called Bornewables<\/strong> and comes from Borealis, a supplier of polyolefins (plastic raw materials) headquartered in Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n

The Bornewables consist of Raw materials of the second generation<\/strong>n, i.e. from renewable sources that come exclusively from waste and residue streams: from vegetable oil production as well as from oil waste and residues, from the wood industry or from the food industry, such as waste oil. They offer the same material properties as virgin polyolefins, but with a significantly lower CO2<\/sub>-footprint.<\/p>

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With Bornewables the CO<\/strong>2<\/sub><\/strong>-Reduce our carbon footprint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A life cycle analysis initiated by Borealis at the Kallo site in Belgium<\/a> has shown that the use of bornewables reduces CO2<\/sub>-The carbon footprint of a product is significantly reduced by at least 2.7 kg CO2eq for every kilogramme of polymer. This means a Savings of up to 120 %<\/strong> Compared to fossil-based Borealis PP, the use of these cycle-orientated premium polyolefins would also reduce the depletion of fossil resources by approx. 69 %.<\/p>\n

Borealis' entire Bornewables portfolio was recognised as part of the international ISCC PLUS certification system<\/strong> (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification). This Chain of Custody certification guarantees customers that the raw materials used are certified as renewable, sustainably produced and traceable back to the place of origin. The certification is based on the Mass balance approach<\/strong>, This means that for each material flow, a contribution is made to the use of chemically recycled or renewable material. Some Greiner Packaging sites are also already ISCC PLUS-certified.<\/p>