Doypack provider by Pouchbag? As the world evolves to a more eco-friendly one we work hard to come up with real solutions to minimize our foot print. Stand Up Pouches one of the best eco-friendly solutions when analyzed for the total life cycle. We supply Stand-Up Pouches in-line with circular economy principles and make sure to have minimum food waste. Plastic inside makes the stand-up pouch sealable with simple machinery for tamper proof pouches. Highest quality zipper ensures numerous open and close. Read even more info on aluminium stand up pouch with zipper. Made of Paper only: Paper has one of the easiest and well established recycling streams. End customers can safely throw it out to the paper once the pouch is totally used. We inform the customers so that they don’t need to wonder where to dump it to. Why Compost if you can Recycle? All kinds of paper will compost if left in nature or given enough time humidity and oxygen in composting factories. We always ask why compost if you can recycle? Paper can be used over and over again and have a high economical value. We believe in Circular Economy.
Another problem with bio- degradable compostable stand-up pouches are, it is very difficult to certify them. Certification is a long process and in 3-6 months all has to be composted. Stand-up pouches are thicker films and the zipper on them makes them even more thicker which makes it almost impossible to get a compostable – bio degradable stand-up pouch certified. The likely scenario for the future is, the municipalities will only collect the compostable pouches if they are with certification logo and keep them in the right temperature and humidity. The rest will sit in the black bin and will be in landfills of burned.
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.
Eco-Friendly is a general framework. There are different packaging solutions that fit into eco-friendly packaging. Recyclable Packaging, bio- based packaging and compostable packaging are the most popular eco-friendly solutions. In fact any one call their packaging eco-friendly and they will find a reason to justify. We have been analyzing the real solutions for more than 2 years and we see that there is not one single solution to be named the best one. Let’s understand what they mean first and we’ll start comparing recyclable pouches vs bio-based pouches vs compostable pouches. See more information at https://pouchbag.com/.