Mars Wrigley UK's Maltesers Boxes Now Fully Recyclable After Switch to Barrier-Coated Dividers
Mars Wrigley UK has dropped the black PE coating that has been a familiar sight on Maltesers boxes on store shelves since 1930, taking another step forward on the road to packaging that is 100% reusable, recyclable and compostable.
The company has replaced its previous multi-layer box design that used PE coating with a barrier-coated insert. The company said the new design will reduce its annual plastic use by 82 tonnes.
The new Maltesers box uses
a barrier-coated insert produced by Metsä Board
, which is fully recyclable, biodegradable and compostable, and the virgin fibre used to make the box is 100% traceable to sustainably managed Nordic forests.
Adam Grant, General Manager of Mars Wrigley UK, said: "Mars takes its sustainable packaging responsibility seriously, and now our iconic Maltesers box is fully recyclable, marking another step forward on our road to packaging that is 100% reusable, recyclable and compostable."
"We are firmly committed to helping brand owners develop solutions that meet the increasingly urgent demand for sustainable food packaging," said Matthew Terry, Technical Services Director for Western and Southern Europe at Metsä Board.
www.metsaboard.com
Metsä Board is a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboard, specializing in lightweight, high-quality folding boxboard, food service board and white kraftliner. The pure fresh fibre used by Metsä Board in its products is a renewable resource from traceable, sustainably managed Nordic forests. As a forerunner in sustainability, our goal is to have fully fossil-free mills and fossil-free raw materials by 2030.
Together with our customers, we develop innovative packaging solutions that create better consumer experiences while reducing environmental impact. In 2020, our sales totalled EUR 1.9 billion and we had around 2,400 employees. Metsä Board is part of Metsä Group and is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange.
www.metsagroup.com
Metsä Group is a forerunner in the bioeconomy. We invest in industrial growth, the development of bio-based products and a fossil-free future. The raw material for our products is renewable wood from sustainably managed Nordic forests. We focus on forestry growth areas: wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, fresh fibre paperboard, and tissue and greaseproof papers.
Metsä Group's annual sales are approximately EUR 5.5 billion, and we have around 9,200 employees in 30 countries. Our international group is rooted in the Finnish forest: the parent company is the Metsäliitto Cooperative, with 100,000 forest owners as shareholders.
——This article is reprinted from China Packaging Network (pack.cn). Original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-378207.html
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