Evergreen Packaging (Memphis, Tenn., USA) has recently announced the introduction of a fully renewable polyethylene cup stock. This product, which was developed for both hot and cold applications, is designed to reflect continued commitment to the use of renewable resources and reinforces the company's expertise in custom co-extrusion barrier technology.

"Sustainable packaging is at the heart of what we do at Evergreen Packaging and developing this product with renewable polyethylene offers customers a unique, innovative cup stock," said Evergreen packaging director of Sustainability Derric Brown. 

 

 

The cup stock is a fiber-based (paperboard) product.  Evergreen Packaging is a major supplier of cup stock to companies that convert it into cold cups (soft drinks and other cold beverages) and hot cups (coffee and other hot beverages). The company is focused on developing innovative fiber-based products to meet the business goals of customer and sustainability preferences of consumers. "Our new cup stock reflects the company's commitment to supporting our customer's business goals," said Evergreen Packaging Managing Director of Global Board Sales, Chris Johns. "It runs dependably and seamlessly like other forms of polyethylene coated stock. This allows our customers to offer a fully renewable cup without any change to their existing manufacturing process." 

In addition, Evergreen Packaging creates products that are designed to meet consumer desires for environmentally responsible products, including cup stock with post-consumer recycled content (PCR). The company also states that Evergreen is committed to providing products that utilize renewable resources. The company converts trees, a renewable material, into paper and paperboard. The new cup stock uses sugarcane-based polyethylene supplied by Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil). Combining renewable paperboard with a renewable sugarcane-based polyethylene coating offers customers a unique, innovative, fully renewable cup stock option.