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FOOD PACKAGING
“ We wanted to create a paper-based food tray that meets all the food industries’ requirements but with the added benefit that it is certified compostable.”
recyclers (commercial composting facilities) the assurance that the products will completely compost.
Confoil CEO Alison Buxton says, “We wanted to create a paper-based food tray that meets all the food industries’ requirements but with the added benefit that it is certified compostable.
“Our joint development with BASF represents a shift to paper-basedandcertified compostable material in order to support the Australian 2025 National Plastics Plan, which aims to reduce the impact of packaging on the environment.”
While food producers are sourcing local, in-season ingredients and lessening their impact on the environment, Confoil is looking to close the gap in the circular economy.
annually, the equivalent to planting 5.7 million trees or taking 876,663 cars off the road.
Compost and mulch can improve soil quality and assist with water retention and drought mitigation. All organic materials contain both carbon and nitrogen with green materials like garden waste and food scraps richer in nitrogen, and brown materials such as straw, sawdust and paperboard arericherincarbon.
The perfect recipe for optimum biological activity and efficient compost production, requires a balance of carbon and nitrogen in the material being composted.
Packaging like DualPakECO trays can become an essential part of the composting process, reducing waste to landfill, creating a valuable resource, balancing production and helping to nourish the plants thatputfoodonyourtable. ✷
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commercially composted in organic waste bins, where allowed, together with contained food scraps.
The trays carry the ‘looped seedling’ compostable logo to educate consumers of their compostable quality.
As more communities introduce source separation systems for diverting food waste from landfill, having certified compostable products will give consumers and organics
Ingredients go from the paddock to the plate and DualPakECO trays go from
the table to the composting facility, then back to the farm to help provide nutrients for the next crop.
Finding a market for any recycled material, thereby ensuring resources retain value, is critical to the success of a circular economy.
Composting is the ultimate in recycling because the result can be highly beneficial to agriculture and viticulture, as well as the environment.
According to the Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA), the Australian composting industry’s environmental contribution
is significant. Greenhouse gas savings
from organics recycling tops 3.8 million tonnes of CO2
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