polypropylene in packaging

In the UK alone, more than 700,000 tonnes of polypropylene is used every year.

‘INEOS’ commitment to closing the loop on such a prolific polymer as food-grade PP would help to create a more circular economy, reduce CO2 emissions and create new materials for brand owners.’ – Professor Edward Kosior, Founder and CEO of Nextek Ltd and NEXTLOOPP

Blanco Niño is said to be the first brand of premium corn tortilla chips in the UK and Ireland to switch to fully recyclable packaging. 

The company’s new packaging, made from a plastic resin called polypropylene 5, will keep the product fresher for a longer period of time. The company states that the product range itself – which includes lightly salted, blue corn and chilli & lime – will remain unchanged.

The business will bring its polymer expertise to develop, design and produce new, recyclable flexible packaging films in partnership with converters, brands and retailers.

The investment creates the potential to prevent approximately one million tons of waste per year from being sent to landfill or incineration.

A film specially innovated to address the issue of slippage of layers over each other, it has a seal strength of more than 1,800 gf/inch with a seal initiation temperature of 950C. It helps in achieving uniform sealing area of
the final pouches as it helps in preventing the issue of inter-layer slippage.

Film-to-film coefficient of friction range is more than 0.4 while film-to-metal
coefficient of friction range lies between 0.3 to 0.4.