EcoTeas deploys compostable packaging film

NatureFlex is derived from wood pulp sourced from managed plantations and is certified to be over 90 percent bio-based, and home and industrial compostable. 

Having received the Sustainable Food Trade Association’s national Responsible Packaging Award in 2012 for the use of 100 percent post-consumer recycled paperboard in its cartons, EcoTeas has continued to develop the ‘greenest tea packaging possible’.

To extend its sustainability efforts to the entire tea bag line, EcoTeas removed the tags, strings and staples of its single-serve tea bags, and introduced overwraps produced from NatureFlex.

The result has been 100 percent zero waste package, with all ingredients and packaging components suitable for composting (tea, filter paper and wrapper) or recycling (carton). 

Further, high barriers to oxygen and moisture ensure the tea bags contained within are protected and kept fresh, and, when laminated to paper, the final structure offers the protection and natural appearance that EcoTeas was looking for.

Stefan Schachter, EcoTeas founder and president, said: ‘We believe that business must be an engine for positive change. That’s why we founded EcoTeas in the first place.

‘We want to do our part to eliminate the waste created by our society. We believe these steps are critical for the wellbeing of current and future generations.’

Jake Hebert, marketing coordinator at Innovia Films, added: ‘We are proud to be working with brands that have a true passion for sustainability. NatureFlex assists in EcoTeas’ mission to extend the ethos of their company to their packaging.’