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The new TexSeal™ Eco Pouches are an innovative, earth-friendly paper-based packaging solution suited for today’s market. TexSeal™ Eco Pouches are what protection packaging should be all about – protection for customers content and protection of the environment.

Paper packaging solutions are taking over functionalities that, in the past, could only be handled by plastic. Made from renewable forest products, TexSeal™ Eco Pouches offer a reliable, quality paper-based packaging solution.

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• The UK’s leading frozen food specialist has partnered with Mondi to package its products more sustainably
• Mondi’s functional barrier paper solutions will reduce the amount of plastic used by 80%
• New approach supports Iceland in its ambitious goal to eliminate plastic packaging by the end of 2023

Iceland is replacing its previous packaging with Mondi’s versatile functional barrier paper across a number of its ranges.

Specifically, innovative, efficient bioplastic production processes were developed to package food using renewable materials that are also recyclable and could replace conventional fossil fuel-based materials. These bioplastics include polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and polyglycolide (PGA), which were used to develop three different bio-based active packaging systems, specifically designed to package fresh chicken meat, cereals and snacks.