It's no secret that fresh food products require not only special storage conditions but often special packaging as well. Creating recyclable packaging for such products is no easy task.
Have you ever wondered why cups for sour cream, yogurt, desserts, etc. are round? Or maybe it’s worth doing differently? Will the changes bring any benefits? You never know until you try. And Greiner Packaging decided to give it a try.
Wholesale sales of fruits and vegetables and their further transportation over long distances are always associated with the risk of loss of product quality. And this is especially true for delicate berries such as raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, etc. Most often, they are transported in refrigerators, but this does not guarantee the complete safety of the product, and also significantly affects its cost.
For many products, flexible plastics are still the most convenient and cheapest option for packaging materials. And even more so – replacing them with something more environmentally friendly and recyclable seems like an impossible task. We are talking about small, angular, heavy items, the packaging of which must be strong enough.
It would seem that what could surprise a banal pizza box? Well, they would come up with some design for it, draw a comic there - everything is familiar and uninteresting. But, it turns out, there is room for constructive fantasy in this direction too.
Thermal packaging is exactly the case where it is very difficult to find a replacement for plastic. Especially when it comes to postal shipments. However, new legislation is capable of “working miracles” and such an alternative has also appeared.
Today we want to tell you about an unexpected solution that BOTTLESS presented for the Sustainability Awards 2025. This is a reusable airless packaging Airless Pak, which is essentially a flexible plastic bag.