TIPA launches four high-barrier compostable laminates

TIPA Compostable Packaging has launched four high-barrier film and laminate products designed to extend the use of compostable packaging across food and nutraceutical applications.

The laminates offer moisture and oxygen barrier properties for products including single-serve sachets, chips and salty snacks, protein and drink powders, vitamins and gummies, and ground coffee and tea.

'With more than 40 percent of consumer goods packaged in flexible packaging and less than one percent of these being recycled in the US, there is a need for more brands to choose sustainable options for their products,' noted Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO of TIPA.

The new high-barrier laminates feature both paper and transparent print layers, providing brands with options to meet both functional and aesthetic requirements. All films and laminates are designed to run on conventional packaging machinery and are printable and sealable.

TIPA stated that the compostable alternatives address plastic pollution from the design phase, thereby improving circularity for flexible and multi-layered packaging that cannot be recycled.

'Consumers enjoy the convenience of single-serve packets of everything from powdered drink mixes to their daily vitamins. Now that convenience does not have to create more waste,' Nissenbaum added.