Punchbowl Packaging has taken out a prestigious trans-Tasman award for Sustainable Packaging - Materials.
The Sustainable Packaging Design Award is a special category in the PIDAs and this year had the highest number of submissions, with winners awarded in two categories - Circular Economy; and Materials.
Punchbowl Packaging were the Gold Winner for Materials, with the Kaituna Blueberries peel-able, re-sealable, tamper-proof top seal fibre punnets. The punnet is made from renewable unbleached wheat straw and is compostable in industrial compost systems. The punnet is also recyclable, with pulpability testing indicating a 95% fibre yield result and cleverly Kaituna have developed reuse opportunities for the punnet as seedling plant pots.
Read more at http://www.packagingnews.com.au/sustainability/pid...
