Packaging Solutions Green Solutions
Storopack is demonstrating how sustainability and product protection go hand in hand with an innovative solution: Renature 3D. This is a new protective packaging mainly made from plant starch. It is completely biodegradable in the home compost. Renature 3D is produced in panel form, from which customised, geometric transport packaging can be designed. Manufacturers and retailers thus provide perfect protection for products in the shipping carton as Renature 3D boasts the same protective properties as EPS. End consumers can modify the packaging parts to new packaging and so reuse them to send out their own goods. The home compostability is certified by OK Compost Home issued by TÜV Austria.
The raw material for Renature 3D is obtained from the yellow pea, which is often used as a rotation crop in agriculture. It improves the soil structure, increases the organic matter content, aerates the soil and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The starch of the yellow pea is used to produce protein powder. The plant material left over after protein production is the part that is used for the Renature 3D panels. As the by-product would otherwise be disposed of, its use for the production of sustainable packaging material offers a promising solution for reducing the environmental impact – without competing with the food industry.
Renature 3D is ideal for mass production: unlike the manufacturing of EPS moulded parts, no specially made tools are required. Storopack customers can therefore fall back on an attractive, sustainable, and flexible alternative to EPS moulded parts or protective packaging made from cardboard. The panels are combined to form 3D shapes and thus tailored to the customer’s shipping goods. This ensures optimum protection of the goods in the carton: the moulded parts hold the shipping goods in place and prevent them from moving. Thanks to its special, resistant cell structure, the material absorbs shocks and provides optimum protection against damage during transport.
It is suitable as protective packaging for shipping goods weighing up to eight kilograms – for example, for electrical and household appliances, e-commerce products, food, and medication.
Storopack attaches great importance to conserving resources and is continuously working to become even more sustainable. To this end, the company is pursuing the goal of producing at least 50% of its own produced protective packaging from recycled or renewable raw materials by 2025. The company has already achieved 43% in 2023.
In a joint pilot project between Storopack and Kärcher, EPS packaging has been replaced for the first time by the new sustainable solution Renature 3D.
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