In a recent press release from Frugalpac, it was announced that a pioneering Canadian company, KinsBrae Packaging is giving their paper bottles a sustainability upgrade.
The article states that "The KB bottle, designed by Frugalpac, is made from 100% recycled paperboard with a carbon footprint 84% lower than a glass bottle. The KB bottle recently won the prestigious Product of the Year - the world's largest consumer voted award for product innovation - for the 2024 Packaging category."
The article goes on to state that "KinsBrae Packaging was the first company in the world to install a Frugalpac paper bottle machine in their Cambridge, Ontario facility back in 2023.
The KB bottle originally launched with a metallised PET (MET PET) pouch to hold the liquid which although recyclable, there were concerns it wouldn't be accepted at recycling facilities in some Canadian provinces.
KinsBrae Packaging has now solved that problem by replacing the KB bottle's MET PET pouch with a mono material polyethylene pouch which will see much higher rates of recycling due to the more advanced recycling infrastructures for mono materials in Canada.
The new mono material pouch is a polyethylene-based solution taking advantage of the developments in advanced polyethylene to achieve the same shelf life and drop height characteristics of the current MET PET pouch."
You can read the full release by clicking here.
Helen Roush is Executive Vice President of Paperitalo Publications.
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