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BarrierPack Recyclable is used by dutch pet food producer Yarrah for its organic Yarrah and DANO pet food brands and UK supermarket chain Tesco for its own-brand dishwasher tablets.28 January 2020 Mondi global leader in sustainable packaging and paper had its award-winning BarrierPack Recyclable all-polyethylene film certified for recyclability. This lightweight mono-material offers a more sustainable packaging solution for diverse applications ranging from stand-up pouches for dishwasher tablets to resealable pouches for organic dog food.Institute cyclosHTP GmbH the Institute for Recyclability and Product Responsibility independently tested the material and issued a certificate rating it as 95 recyclable in those areas where a suitable recycling infrastructure is in place.Mondi recently partnered with Yarrah Organic Petfood BV to develop more sustainable packaging for its certified organic Yarrah and DANO pet food brands. Yarrah wanted to introduce a fully recyclable pouch to replace a multilayer laminate packaging which was difficult to recycle to keep it in a circular economy. The pouch also needed to be resealable to keep pet food and snacks fresh while adding convenience for pet owners.Similarly working in partnership with a private-label products manufacturer Mondi helped UK supermarket chain Tesco bring to market a fully recyclable mono-material pouch for its dishwasher tablets. With the switch to BarrierPack Recyclable the individual tablets can now be wrapped in a water-soluble film instead of polypropylene OPP wrapping further reducing waste.Tesco already has a system in place to recycle polyethylene carrier bags used to hold customers purchases and BarrierPack Recyclable pouches can also be recycled in this system. It encourages customers to bring the dishwasher tablet pouches back to the store where they are collected and then recycled back into new carrier bags.Mondi is a signatory of The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment committing to 100 of plastic based packaging being reusable recyclable or compostable and 25 being from recycled content by 2025 food regulations permitting and are co-founders of the Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging CEFLEX. Mondi offers many more applications for fully recyclable mono-material pouches and as part of its customer-centric EcoSolutions approach they continue to explore new opportunities to close the loop in the circular economy.
