Premium stand up pouch manufacturer 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. Discover extra info on kraft window stand up pouch uk. 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.
Many objective studies show in details why use of plastic is better. Plastic is valuable material. We should not give up on it after single use. The second life of the flexible pouch is not good for food contact but there are many other areas where flexible packaging is used in non-food applications. A problem we see with plastic packages are marine litter. First of all plastics is not the only polluter of the oceans. We see the plastics more because it floats whereas the other materials sink.
Today, we are moving towards a circular economy and using the same resource of our world over and over again has become more important. Now we have Monolithic finished stand up pouches made of layers all made of Polyethylene or Polypropylene. This kind of stand up pouches can be re-granulated and used in extruding new plastic pouches. Theoretically this can be done over and over again without losing its original properties. Bio-Based Stand-up Pouches means made of starch or other plants from soil. It means that when producing a bio-based pouch we use no or less fossil resources like oil. Discover even more information on https://pouchbag.com/.
