A similar innovation, namely self-separating cups, which are so often used for packaging yoghurts and sour cream, is offered by one of the leaders in the European packaging market, Greiner Packaging.

What is this packaging? This is a familiar cup with a cardboard shell, which under normal conditions for further processing must be separated from the plastic by the buyer. What everyone often forgets to do. In the new version of the cup, the cardboard shell separates from the cup itself. This happens if you put pressure on the cup from above and below and squeeze it a little. Comfortable? Undoubtedly. How easy is it to recycle? Just a question. Most likely, even in Europe, in order to process such a convenience, design changes will need to be made to the process.

However, despite the still questionable automation of separating cardboard from plastic, K3® r100 cups, as they are called, have already begun to be used in Switzerland for packaging yoghurts. Molkerei Forster yoghurts packaged in K3® r100 are already available for purchase in the Swiss chain of Lidl stores. All three companies believe they can help drive the development of packaging waste sorting processes and are taking on pioneering roles in developing future-proof packaging.

Materials used from the site greiner-gpi.com.