{"id":24104,"date":"2015-01-19T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=24104"},"modified":"2015-01-16T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T11:31:50","slug":"fully-renewable-carton-package-now-on-the-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/fully-renewable-carton-package-now-on-the-shelves\/","title":{"rendered":"Fully renewable carton package now on the shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TR_1000_B_TwistCapOSO34\"Finnish dairy producer, Valio, becomes the first company in the world to sell products to consumers in carton packaging made entirely from plant-based materials. Consumers are able to buy these packages at retail shops in Finland from this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The package, Tetra Rex\u00ae Bio-based, is manufactured solely from a combination of plastics derived from plants and paperboard. It marks a world first, and signals an important milestone in Tetra Pak\u2019s long-stated commitment to drive ever-stronger environmental performance across all parts of its portfolio and operations.<\/p>\n

Valio will trial the package with Valio Eila\u00ae \u00a0lactose free semi-skimmed milk drink in retail outlets across Finland until mid March, and will then use feedback from consumers to decide whether to adopt the cartons more broadly across its chilled product range.<\/p>\n

\u201cValio is committed to increasing the share of renewable resources in its packaging material. We share a common vision of innovation and environmental responsibility with Tetra Pak and we are proud to be the first in the world to make our products available in a fully renewable carton package,\u201d says Elli Siltala, Marketing Director at Valio.<\/p>\n

\"40089_twistcap\"The products will be available in one-litre capacity Tetra Rex Bio-based packages, with a TwistCap\u2122 OSO 34 opening. They will be produced at Valio\u2019s Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 dairy in Finland, using a standard Tetra Pak TR\/28 filling machine.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo finally see fully renewable packages on shop shelves is a fantastic feeling \u2026 and bears testimony to the focused efforts of the many customers, suppliers and Tetra Pak employees involved in making this a reality,\u201d says Charles Brand, Executive Vice President of Product Management & Commercial Operations for Tetra Pak. \u201cWe have been gradually increasing the use of renewable materials in our packages over the years, and that work will continue, as we look for ways to extend the fully-renewable concept to other parts of our portfolio without compromising safety, quality or functionality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Tetra-Rex-bio-based\"In Tetra Rex Bio-based cartons, the low density polyethylene used to create the laminate film for the packaging material and the neck of the opening, together with the high density polyethylene used for the cap, are all derived from sugar cane. These plastics, like the Forest Stewardship Council\u2122\u200b (FSC\u2122\u200b)certified paperboard, are traceable to their origins.<\/p>\n

The Tetra Rex fully renewable package can be identified by the words \u201cBio-based\u201d printed on the gable of the package.<\/p>\n

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\nAbout Valio<\/h3>\n

Valio is a dairy product pioneer owned by Finnish dairy farmers. Valio\u2019s turnover in 2013 was EUR 2,000 million and the number of employees 4,600. Valio protects milk farming and a living countryside in Finland by making tasty and high-quality products out of clean Finnish milk. Quality, know-how and responsibility have been the key guidelines of Valio\u2019s operations for over 100 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finnish dairy producer, Valio, becomes the first company in the world to sell products to consumers in carton packaging made entirely from plant-based materials. Consumers are able to buy these packages at retail shops in Finland from this week. The package, Tetra Rex\u00ae Bio-based, is manufactured solely from a combination of plastics derived from plants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[1869,7625,8993],"class_list":["post-24104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-forest-stewardship-council-fsc","supplier-tetra-pak-inc","supplier-valio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24104"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=24104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}