Mars Wrigley UK's Maltesers Boxes Become Fully Recyclable with Barrier-Coated Dividers, Cutting Annual Plastic Use by 82 Tonnes

Mars Wrigley UK has stopped using the black PE lamination that has appeared on Maltesers boxes on store shelves since 1930. The change moves the packaging closer to being 100% reusable, recyclable and compostable, adding another example of progress in sustainable packaging.

The earlier multilayer box format, which relied on PE lamination, has been replaced by barrier-coated dividers. According to the company, the redesigned pack will lower annual plastic use by 82 tonnes.

The new Maltesers box uses

barrier-coated dividers made by Metsä Board

These dividers are fully recyclable, biodegradable and compostable, and the virgin fibre used to make the box is 100% traceable to sustainably managed Nordic forests.

Adam Grant, General Manager of Mars Wrigley UK, said Mars takes its sustainable packaging responsibility seriously and that the iconic Maltesers box is now fully recyclable, marking another step toward packaging that is 100% reusable, recyclable and compostable.

Matthew Terry, Technical Services Director for Western and Southern Europe at Metsä Board, said the company remains firmly committed to helping brand owners develop solutions that answer the growing demand for sustainable food packaging.

www.metsaboard.com

As one of Europe's leading producers of premium fresh-fibre paperboard, Metsä Board focuses on lightweight, high-quality folding boxboard, food service board and white kraftliner. The pure fresh fibre it uses is a renewable resource sourced from traceable, sustainably managed Nordic forests. As a forerunner in sustainability, the company aims to achieve fully fossil-free mills and fossil-free raw materials by 2030.

Working with its customers, Metsä Board creates innovative packaging solutions that improve consumer experience while reducing environmental impact. In 2020, its sales totalled EUR 1.9 billion and it had around 2,400 employees. Metsä Board belongs to Metsä Group and is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange.

www.metsagroup.com

A bioeconomy forerunner, Metsä Group invests in industrial growth, the development of bio-based products and a fossil-free future. Renewable wood from sustainably managed Nordic forests is the raw material for its products. Its focus areas include wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, fresh fibre paperboard, and tissue and greaseproof papers.

Annual sales for Metsä Group stand at approximately EUR 5.5 billion, and it employs around 9,200 people across 30 countries. The international group is rooted in the Finnish forest; its parent company, Metsäliitto Cooperative, has 100,000 forest owners as shareholders.

This article is reprinted from China Packaging Network (pack.cn). Original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-378207.html