In Sep. 2022; the State Council of China requires that technological innovation be strengthened in the field of packaging.
Included sustainable flexible packaging: mono-material packaging
L’Oreal Kashi series has also started to use 500ml mono PE recyclable spout pouch provided by Arcade Beauty. Each bag can save 82% of the materials compared with traditional plastic bottles.
Longdapac has made a commitment to make all packaging products recyclable or reusable by 2025. At present, 74% of its packaging products in the world are recyclable, and the proportion of products in China has reached 70%.
What Should We Do For Barrier Recyclable Flexible Packaging in 2023：
1) Mono-material flexible packaging.
2) Separation between layers of laminated flexible packaging
3) Chemical Recyclable
INEOS Invests in Mono-Material MDO-PE and MDO-PP Film Production Line。
INEOS Olefins and Polymers Europe has announced to invest millions of Euros to build a new film blowing production line. Hosokawa Alpine’s inline multilayer film production line will enable INEOS to work with processors, brands and retailers to develop simpler and more recyclable flexible packaging films.
With the development of economy and the growth of population, the demand for flexible packaging is increasingly rapidly. This is causing too much plastic pollution. Sustainability is the hot topic nowadays. That’s recyclable flexible packaging is becoming development trend now.
Recently, there are more and more discussions about recyclable flexible packaging. Mono-material PE is an indispensable part of the recyclable flexible packaging options; and MDO-PE film is an important technical direction of Mono-material PE packaging.
Mono Material Pouch is the pouch made by mono-material; which also means it is made by single type of material. Normally it is mono-material PP pouch and mono-material PE pouch, these 2 types of pouches are the most often see mono material pouch nowadays.
The biggest advantage of mono material pouch is 100% fully recyclable, without the difficulty of splitting or separating various materials.
Post-consumer recycled content, often referred to as PCR, is material that is made from the items that consumers recycle every day, like aluminum, cardboard boxes, paper, and plastic.
Mono material PE pouch & PP Pouch Global Trend in 2022
1) L’OREAL 100% Recyclable Mono PE Spout pouch shampoo refill.
2) Dow: high barrier mono material PE food bag
3) Heinz: Mono material PP baby stand up spout pouch
4) High barrier mono material PP laminated pouch
5) Hershey’s Kisses Milk Chocolate’s mono material PE pouch
