{"id":72488,"date":"2022-11-30T10:39:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T09:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=72488"},"modified":"2022-12-02T13:44:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:44:49","slug":"nespresso-huhtamaki-paper-home-compost-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/nespresso-huhtamaki-papier-heimkompost-kaffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Huhtamaki and Nespresso develop home-compostable coffee capsules"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the beginning of 2021, Huhtamaki and Nespresso entered into a partnership to develop compostable paper-based coffee capsules. Nestl\u00e9 wants to give its customers an alternative to aluminium capsules. With Huhtamaki's high-precision technology, wood fibres can be formed in moulds with high-precision tolerances of a fraction of a millimetre.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The collaboration between the two companies is based on a lean approach to product and process development, which has accelerated time-to-market in record time. The home-compostable paper-based coffee capsule was introduced by Nespresso in France<\/strong>. After three years of research and development work Nestl\u00e9<\/a> home-compostable paper-based capsules that offer the premium coffee that the brand stands for - without compromising on flavour. The capsules will initially be trialled with consumers in France and Switzerland in spring 2023 before being rolled out on a larger scale.\u00a0<\/p>

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\u201eGiven Nespresso's passion for innovation, we have continually redefined the possibilities of the coffee experience. Since becoming a certified B Corp company this year, we are more committed than ever to expanding the sustainable offer for consumers. We are delighted to introduce our first home compostable paper-based capsule. This capsule complements our range of aluminium capsules, which are recyclable and made with 80% recycled aluminium. With this, we offer another sustainable solution - without compromising on quality.\u201c<\/p>

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Huhtamaki <\/a>proprietary high-precision smooth moulded fibre technology transforms pulp fibres into high-performance packaging solutions that can be used for a variety of consumer applications. The proprietary high-precision smooth moulded fibre technology is part of the company's blueloop brand promise and reflects its 2030 sustainability ambitions. The paper-based coffee capsules are made from wood fibres that are responsibly sourced from European forests.<\/strong> are available. They have been independently certified by T\u00dcV Austria - as compostable for household use and compostable for food waste collection<\/strong>. The coffee capsules protect the quality and freshness of the coffee while providing the functionality needed to deliver the high-quality coffee the brand is known for - without compromising on flavour.<\/p>

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\u201eWe are delighted to be working with Nespresso on paper-based capsules that can be composted at home. Part of this ground-breaking innovation comes from combining wood fibre pulp, a renewable natural material, pressed into a coffee capsule using our precision engineering to offer Nespresso fans another sustainable alternative.\u201c<\/p>

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Nespresso endeavours to provide consumers with to inform consumers about the best way to compost their capsules<\/strong>, and will campaign for the authorisation of the capsules in the public biowaste management system in the future. The company has set up the UAC (Union des Acteurs du Compostable) in France, an interest group that brings together public institutions, companies, recycling companies and non-governmental organisations with the aim of promoting the use of capsules in the public organic waste management system, jointly introduce solutions that help producers of biowaste to improve its sorting<\/strong> and to sensitise consumers to composting.<\/p>

The new range will initially be introduced for Nespresso ORIGINALl machines in Switzerland and France as part of a pilot project. Within a year, the Offer then launched in several other European markets<\/strong> become.<\/p>