Sustainability

Partnering with Hardegger Käse dairy, the retailer is replacing traditional plastic packaging with an eco-friendly alternative.

The move is part of Lidl Switzerland's broader sustainability strategy aimed at reducing plastic.

The new cellulose packaging, which houses the popular Alpstein and Usserrhödler organic mountain cheeses, is made from recycled wood sourced from FSC-certified forests. Production of the packaging is free from fossil fuels, while the packaging itself effectively preserves the cheese's flavour while ensuring food safety.

With the move, Mondelez said that up to 50% of the plastic in the bag-in-box liner films for Triscuit will be sourced from an advanced platform — known as chemical or molecular recycling — employing the ISCC PLUS-certified mass balance approach, which supports a more circular pack economy through the use of renewable materials and energy.

The different types of flexible packaging paper cover a range of requirements — from good knurling and heat‐sealing properties with or without a barrier function, to teabag wrapping and flow packs. 

“Our flexible packaging paper has a lot of advantages: It is recyclable, offers top product protection, complies with food standards, and is highly compatible with tea packaging machines, offering the same efficiency and speed as plastic film,” says Christoph Wachter, director of flexible packaging paper at Koehler Paper.

• INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe has launched a pioneering pilot line for developing recyclable flexible packaging films.
• Installed at their R&D centre in Brussels, this multi-million euro investment aims to reduce landfill waste by one million tonnes annually.
• The new technology allows for full-scale testing of recyclable films that meet EU regulations.

The new multilayer, blown film line with Machine Direction Orientation (MDO) has been installed at INEOS’ R&D centre in Brussels, Belgium.

• The changes to pastries, doughnuts and baguettes from the in-store bakery will save plastic as they switch to paper
• The new recyclable packaging will help customers cut down on plastic waste at home

All doughnuts and pastries previously in plastic clam-shell style packaging are switching to cardboard and paper packaging – a 90% plastic reduction – which will reduce plastic packaging by 414 tonnes annually. Doughnuts are switching to card boxes with a small window and twin-pack pastries, as well as croissants and cinnamon swirls, are moving to paper bags*.

Cullen’s Fibre Bottle was nominated in the Waste-Free World category which aims to “build a world where nothing goes to waste, where the leftovers of one process become the raw materials of the next – just like they do in nature”.