Metsä Board and Paper Lid Develop 100% Recyclable Barrier-Coated Paper Lid for Hot and Cold Takeaway Cups
Finnish startup Paper Lid and Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, have completed a long-term collaboration to create a 100% recyclable paper lid designed for takeaway beverage cups.
The lid is made from fully recyclable barrier-coated paperboard and works with both hot and cold drinks. It relies on a new Paper Lid technology that shapes paperboard into the required form. Its one-piece construction clips securely to the cup and performs comparably to traditional plastic lids.
Ilkka Harju, Packaging Business Director for EMEA and Asia-Pacific at Metsä Board, said that reducing plastic waste is a critical issue. He noted that Metsä Board and its partners continue to develop and test circular-economy-focused innovations, and described the paper lid as an excellent example of such a solution.
Matti Salonoja, founder of Paper Lid, said the company had spent years working toward a 100% recyclable paperboard lid. With Metsä Board’s support, he added, it has now delivered a functional solution.
Paper Lid has long concentrated on innovative solutions, and its production facility in Masku, south-western Finland, is ready for full-scale production. Salonoja called bringing the concept to market exciting. He also said paperboard made from renewable virgin fibre is inherently sustainable, and that combining Paper Lid’s expertise with Metsä Board’s has yielded an innovative solution with strong potential to change the takeaway cup market.
The paper lid’s carbon footprint is more than 50% lower than that of a plastic lid, and it is fully recyclable.
Source: China Packaging Network (pack.cn); original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-378394.html
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