Recyclable pouch provider in 2022? Kraft Window Stand Up Pouch is covered with brown kraft paper made of fully natural pure unbleached long fiber pulp. All our pouches are Food Grade, BPA free laminate, comply with Eu No 10/2011 regulation amendment 2018/831. Extra transparent plastic layers designed to have medium barrier for oxygen and water vapor. Bottom gusset of the stand-up pouches will open easily to ensure stable standing even for the light products. See extra info on https://pouchbag.com/collections/milky-white-matt-recyclabe-stand-up-pouch-with-zipper/products/milky-white-matt-recyclabe-stand-up-pouch-with-zipper. Paper With Barrier ? Yes, This is what makes this pouch very very special. Regular papers breath. It may be good for short shelf life but not long term storage. Special milling technique gives shelf life up to 6 months depending on the products. Heat Sealable: This is another important property of this product because most of the paper pouches are made with gluing and also tape is used to close it. We don’t use any glue to form the pouch and you can use simple heat sealers to seal.
Base material is PE or pp and these products are already widely used in the market, there are many machines to process them. The material is not very expensive because the supply is high. Re-granulating is easy and the technology is there already. Some improvement is the technology may help a much higher percentage of producers produce recyclable packages. Big percentage of the populations live in the cities and collections infrastructure already exists. The system will function with some adjustments.
While designing the right packages for the future one must not forget that Food waste is a part of the problem. We should not increase the wasted food. Modern package keeps the food fresh and helps decreasing the food waste. We will discuss why and how modern packaging especially flexible packages like stand-up pouches with zipper are very good at protecting the food inside in a separate blog. The important detail is not over packing the product. While designing the product one must choose the right barrier. Most of the time higher barrier pouches need more complex structures.
Today, we are moving towards a circular economy and using the same resource of our world over and over again has become more important. Now we have Monolithic finished stand up pouches made of layers all made of Polyethylene or Polypropylene. This kind of stand up pouches can be re-granulated and used in extruding new plastic pouches. Theoretically this can be done over and over again without losing its original properties. Bio-Based Stand-up Pouches means made of starch or other plants from soil. It means that when producing a bio-based pouch we use no or less fossil resources like oil. Find additional details at stand up pouch producer.
