STARTUPS TO SUPPORT
STARTUPS TO SUPPORT
Sustainable packaging is a commodity of growing demand and there are always new ideas floating around. Here are a few startups to check out that can change the packaging market for good:
- VERICOOL
Vericool makes its products with renewable raw and post-consumer materials which match or outperform EPS, but without the harmful effects on the environment. All materials meet compostable and curbside recyclability standards and the insulation material is non-toxic, starch-based and water soluble (meaning if you run it under water, it will disappear!).
Vericool specialized in making reusable coolers and mailers.
- LACTIPS
Specialising in the production of a water-soluble plastic that leaves behind no traces in the environment, Lactips is a French company founded in 2014.
With its patented technology, which uses milk proteins (caseins) as its raw material, Lactips focuses on manufacturers aiming to develop new products or take on new markets using a clean, biodegradable plastic that is friendly to consumers and the environment.
There are numerous possible industrial applications since the Lactips technology is: water-soluble, biodegradable, mass-producible, print-ready, and edible, and also has strong barrier properties (to oxygen, fats, and mineral oils).
- AEROPOWDER
Aeropowder has harnessed the properties of feathers to create a unique patent-pending insulation material, designed to replace expanded polystyrene as a thermal packaging material for food or pharmaceutical deliveries.
With the number of food deliveries rapidly growing, we must shift away from plastic packaging. Their first product, Pluumo, matches the required insulation performance of expanded polystyrene while being created from a natural waste material and being compostable after use.
