Tetra Pak Launches Carton Made Entirely from Plant Based Materials

 

Tetra Pak, Lausanne, Switzerland, this week announced the launch of the industry’s first carton made entirely from plant based, renewable packaging materials. The new Tetra Rex® carton will be the first in the market to have bio-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films and bio-based high-density polyethylene (HDPE) caps, both derived from sugar cane, in addition to Forest Stewardship Council certified paperboard.

 

"Environment excellence is one of Tetra Pak’s strategic priorities and a driver of our product development activities," said Charles Brand, VP marketing and product management at Tetra Pak. "Together with suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders, we are leading the industry towards 100% renewable packaging. We believe that increasing the renewable content of our packages is not only good for the environment, but also offers our customers a competitive advantage in the overall environmental profile of their products."

 

Developed in partnership with Braskem, a global biopolymer producer, the new Tetra Rex package will be commercially available in early 2015. Tetra Pak customers using the standard 1 liter Tetra Rex with TwistCap OSO 34 can easily transfer to the new version without the need for any additional investment or modification to their existing filling machines.