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Closing-in on fulfully renewable packaging Te


Tetra P T etra Pak has revealed its latest version of the Te


he newTetra BrikAseptic (TBA) 1000Edgewith Bio- based LightCap 30


Tetra Pak is being hailed


as “a from


significantmilestone” on the company’s journey towards producing all of its packages using only sustainably-managed renewablematerials. It is also the first aseptic carton package in theworld to receive the highest class of Vinçotte certification for its use of renewablematerials.


made from ol mers derived from sugar cane. Combinedwith the paperboard, this lifts the share of materials fromrenewable sources in the package to above 80 pe the threshold fofor four-star ce fromVinçotte, the Belgium-based accreditation agency.


y The TBA Edge package (seen


below) also boasts up to 17 per cent lower carbon footprint than standard package, accordin independent lifecycle analysis conducted by IVL Swedish


g to an a


Environmental Research Institute. The complex packaging structure thatmakes up a TBA Edge package ensures that the contents are protected without being chilled. One of themiddle layers is


aluminiumfoil and this acts as a


The newpackage ismanufactured using a bio-based plastic filmand cap, p y


rtification r cent,


oxygen and other external factors. Two of the other layers have been replaced – as with the sister chilled carton version, Te


Tw Tetra Rex bio-based


Tetra Pak has converted around 13 per cent of the fossil-based polymers used in the TBA Edge carton to bio-based polymers; the remaining 13 per cent of fossil-based materials and aluminium il used are in development to be replaced too. On top of this, next year the company is planning to build on this further; it will look to also produce the neck of the LightCap 30 from renewable bio-basedmaterials. The company says this will be


–meaning 80 per cent of it now uses renewablematerials. Te


fo


achieved through partnerships with its suppliers to develop new


materials, which are not currently available, as an industrialised solution for carton beverages. Its long-termambition is to introduce a fully renewable aseptic package.


100PER CENT RENEWABILITY Speaking exclusively at Tetra Pak’s facility inModena, Italy, iny,


PER CENT RENEW BILIT Te


December, Davide Braghiroli, the company’smanager for product environmental performance,


explained that replacing the carton’s aluminiumbarrier layer is the For our


biggest challenge. “Fo


ly renewable packaging Tetra BrikAseptic carton as


part of its goal to only use fully renewablematerials for its packages,which comes under the company’s aimto further drive environmental excellence barrier to protect the product from


customers’ needs aluminiumis the best choice, but when we find something else, this needs to offer the same level of p not compromising


on functionality rotection while


and performance in terms of stiffness and distribution. “We are looking at the


environment at Tetra Pak, added: “Aluminiumplays a wonderful role in securing barriers against oxygen, bacteria and light, which enables us to put a product that doesn’t have preservatives inside the package andmakes it shelf-stable for up to a year. It has a high carbon footprint per kilo but it saves somuch in terms ofmilk waste that wouldn’t have been stored properly. “But we want to go on a fully renewable journey. Today we buy paperboard, conventional polymers, bio-based polymers and foil, and as part of our climate goal themore bio-based polymers we buy the lower our carbon fofootprint is.”


technologies that will take us to the next level, not just stopping at 80 per cent but going as close to 100 per cent renewability as possible.” Mario Abreu, vice president Te


“A y. y. To


CLIMATE CHANGE AMBITIONS As part of Te


CLIMA


AT CHANGE AMBITIONS Tetra Pak’s wider aimto


drive environmental excellence, the company set a climate change goal in 2010 – to cap emissions across its value chain between 2010 and 2020. Abreu said that in times of pressing expectations, population growth, climate change and resource


12 December/January 2017


scarcity it ismore important fofor the industry to be sustainable. “A


“As we grow our business we cannot grow our carbon,” he said. “This is about the upstream, the sourcing of paperboard, polymers and foil, but also the carbon footprint of ourmachinery and then the end of life, when cartons are recycled. “So far we have reduced our


emissions by 15 per cent between 2010 and 2015 and we have


increased our sales by 16 per cent. Also, we set a goal to recycle 40 per cent of post-consumer cartons by Tetra Pak


2020. In 2015, 43 billion Te cartons were recycled.


“The challenge is how tomake sure Tetra Pak find its role in securing that recycling of post- ons is taking place.


Te


We have to tak consumer cart


y, e a different approach


country by country; in some, the infrastructure fofor recycling collection is excellent. Households have this ability, but not all households bring their recycling.We collaborate with our customers and try to


communicate with consumers about the benefits of recycling.” Through its research into consumer habits, Te found that beh


aviours have changed Tetra Pak has


quite dramatically over time. The number of people looking at the environmental impact of a package has increased, and there is almost twice asmuch interest in the


message that comes with packaging. www. w.tetrapak.com www.convertermag.co.uk


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