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materials to become more circular and sustainable.
Reflo, recognised for its Podpress in both the Beverage and Sustainable Reuse Packaging categories at the Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDAs), is all about simplifying the flow of processes, and it aims to continue that with its Podpress product.
The Podpress reusable capsules are moulded in food-safe polypropyl- ene. A multi-capsule filling table enables rapid filling and tamping down of coffee in the capsules, and Podpress can seal nine capsules in a matter of minutes.
Gary White, director of Reflo, says Podpress delivers big cost savings in capsules, while also being envi- ronmentally responsible because it prevents capsules entering the waste stream.
Cyclepac designed Melbourne Coffee from the ground-up, for which it was recognised for at the PIDAs, and went with a ‘four seasons in one day theme’ to capture the feel of the City of Melbourne.
Cyclepac had set itself some objec- tives to achieve – 90 per cent single polymer composition was the standard that it was aiming for, which fits the European standard, and sits slightly higher than standards in Australia.
According to the company, its com- mercially viable solution provides barrier to vapour and gas, is heat resistant, is easily printable, and is up to 70 per cent easier to recycle.
With this alternative to conven- tional mixed laminate structure, there is also no increase in packaging weight, with potential to reduce in line with packaging format changes, and delivers no compromise to run- ning speeds once set up.