CELLULOSE FIBER OR RPET BOTTLES: THE NEW CHALLENGE OF FOOD PACKAGING

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rMIX: Il Portale del Riciclo nell'Economia Circolare - Cellulose Fiber or rPET Bottles: the New Challenge of Food Packaging

Cellulose fiber will be the new frontier for certified and circular food packaging


Glass, plastic and aluminum are raw materials that we find on our tables expressed in bottles for drinks, but today there may be a new, eco-sustainable raw material that could replace the old materials.

We are talking about the cellulose fiber that comes from sustainable forest management, where trees that are felled they are replaced in greater numbers, creating a benefit on the increasing absorption of CO2 in the atmosphere.

The bottle Coca-Cola is thinking about is now made of cellulose fiber with a rPET bag inside and a plastic cap, which ensure compliance with food regulations.

But the future for Coca-Cola is also replacing the inner rPET bag and the plastic cap with materials that are fully compatible with the external structure in cellulose fiber, so it can be recycled like any paper, but can and must comply with all safety standards for food packaging.

Coca-Cola is not the only company working on this project, in fact other well-known companies such as L'Oréal, Carlsberg, Pernot Ricard and Alpla are studying cellulose fiber packaging to find an alternative to plastic, glass and aluminum.

The basis of these researches and these new projects start from the concept of giving the consumer a product that appears to have less impact on the environment and, certainly, intensive reforestation for the supply of cellulose fiber it has an excellent environmental and social impact.

But we must not forget that paper or glass or plastic or aluminum packaging, at the end of their life cycle always remains a waste and, for this reason, it must be recycled and not dispersed in the environment with the false belief that being made of paper, the packaging could be abandoned wherever it suits us, as if they were recycling themselves.

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Automatic translation. We apologize for any inaccuracies. Original article in Italian.

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