Mondi wins awards for sustainable food packaging
Global packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi has been recognised in this year’s Austrian Green Star Packaging Awards for two recent sustainable packaging innovations.
The first innovation, PerFORMing, is a paper-based packaging that protects cheese slices with a special barrier coating.
One of Austria’s biggest retailers, REWE, worked together with Mondi to launch a more sustainable cheese tray using the technology for its organic brand Ja! Natürlich.
Mondi COO of Functional Paper & Films Marko Schuster said the process combines 80% paper, a renewable and recyclable raw material, with a 20% barrier coating.
“The adoption of this package allowed REWE to reduce the amount of plastic used by 70% and the carbon footprint by two-thirds,” Schuster said.
The second innovation is a fully recyclable thermoforming plastic film for meat.