Want to present your whole concept as sustainable, from your ingredients to your packaging?
Our ecoecho® range is the natural choice.
It enables you to get virtually whatever
product you need in an eco-conscious,
stylish, convenient format.
The most extensive range of its kind, it
builds on our many decades’ experience
of working with materials and designs.
If you are looking to show that, for your
business, quality, safety and environmental
standards always go hand-in-hand, look
no further.
PLA
Compostable PLA is made from surplus renewable material: fermentable corn starch. The lactic acid formed during fermentation is collected and polymerised into PLA. Bioplastics such as PLA offer society a way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Consequently they are useful in helping to prevent climate change.
- Recyclable in modern recycling plants
- Available certification: EN13432
BAGASSA
Compostable bagasse is a great example of upcycling. It is made with surplus natural material from sugar production: sugar cane stems. Bagasse will readily biodegrade under controlled composting conditions. Once composted it turns to soil in just a few weeks.
- Suitable for industrial composting
- May be sorted with food waste depending on local regulations
- Available certification: EN13432
rPET
rPET is made from recycled plastic bottles – which otherwise would end up in landfill sites or burnt as fuel. Typically, rPet has a 50% lower carbon footprint than virgin plastic. Our rPET products contain up to 80% recycled plastic. Food safety rules mean that the other 20% must be virgin plastic. The rPET we use is regularly tested to ensure it meets food safety rules – and for content of metals and hazardous materials.
- Documented supply chain
- Recyclable as a standard plastic
CARDBOARD
All the cardboard solutions we offer are made from renewable materials. In most cases they are compostable too. To qualify as ecoecho®, our cardboard products must be either FSC-certified or have a compostable lining. Some meet both these criteria.
- Recyclable as cardboard
- Available certification for PLA or PBS-lined products: EN13432
ECOECHO® BIOPLASTIC
LThe manufacture of ecoecho® bioplastic is integrated with the
production of sugar – in a highly efficient process.
Ecoecho® bioplastic is made from sugar cane: 94% of the organic
carbon in the material is from plant-based resources.
LCA (life cycle assessment) shows ecoecho® bioplastic has a 25%
lower carbon footprint than standard plastics.
- • Recyclable as a standard plastic