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EarthBoard Suitable in Barrier Carton Applications For Food Packaging
- March 22, 2010
IRVINE, CA | Smart Planet Technologies announces the US availability of Earthboard, now engineered for use in food packaging applications. EarthBoard has barrier properties for oils, fatty acids, and moisture, making it an innovative eco-smart solution for the packaging of food products in folding cartons, the company reports. Earthboard‘s mineral-based layer is FDA compliant for direct contact with food.
Earthboard is environmentally advantageous for food packaging for the following reasons:
- Said to reduce the use of plastic in barrier coatings: The mineral-based layer of Earthboard is said to reduce the use of polyethylene in barrier coatings for food packaging.
- Earthboard’s mineral-based layer upgrades the brightness and printability of recycled fibers to be comparable to virgin fiberboards, avoiding the need to harvest trees to produce high quality printability in fiberboards for packaging, reports the company.
- Said to improve recyclability: Less plastic from barrier coatings going into the paper recycling stream is better for the recycling efforts in our communities.
“Food product and food packaging companies should take a look at the new patent-pending solutions being provided by Smart Planet Technologies. We believe we have fresh and innovative solutions towards their sustainability goals in food packaging”, says Will Lorenzi, president of Smart Planet Technologies.
Smart Planet Technologies offers eco-smart patent-pending materials for use in rigid, flexible, corrugated and liner packaging applications. For further details about their EarthBoard, StoneFlex, EarthDisplay and EarthLiner products, please visit www.SmartPlanetTech.com.
