Kaneka Biodegradable Biopolymer Green Planet^® Heat-Sealed Paper Recruitment in Bourbon Product Exterior

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (head office : Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,President and Representative Director: Toru Nozawa, hereinafter referred to as"the Company”) announced that Bourbon Co., Ltd. (head office : Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, President & President and Representative Director: Yasushi Yoshida, hereinafter referred to as ""Bourbon" Kaneka Biodegradable Biopolymer Green Planet^®, jointly developed with Kaneka Co., Ltd. (head office : Minato-ku, Tokyo, President &President and Representative Director: Minoru Tanaka, hereinafter referred to as"Kaneka") Heat-sealedPaperwasRecruitmentin the exterior of Bourbon's confectionery products.

In recent years, against the backdrop of the problem of marine plastic waste caused by the spillage of single-use plastic products, expectations forbiomassand biodegradablePapermaterials are rising. The packaging materialsRecruitmentthis time are the coating technology cultivated by the Company seal Paper "Lamina ^®” launched by our company in 2020, and the Green Planet provided ^® by Kaneka. It is a newenvironmentally friendlyPaperpackaging material born by the emulsion technology of . In the future, we will establish a production and sales system, and from the spring of 2023, we plan to add"^®”as a new lineup.

 

 

■Features of this developed product

1) Green Planet^®, which is mainly used in the heat-sealing coating layer of this product, is a 100% plant-derived biodegradable biopolymer developed by Kaneka and has excellent biodegradability in a wide range of environments.

2) The recycling resource"Paper”is the base material, so it has excellent environmental compatibility.

3) Compared to conventional film laminating products, the amount of petroleum-derived plastic used is greatly reduced, and the lead time can be shortened by omitting the lamination process.

4) It can be considered for a wide range of applications, such as secondary packaging of food, daily necessities, and stationery.

 

(Image courtesy of Bourbon)

 

 

(Reference) The following tests are conducted at Kaneka in accordance with the international standard ISO.
Disintegrability test: Samples (coatedPaper) pass all 2 mm square sieves in 30°C seawater within 2 weeks
Biodegradability test: 30°C seawater, the biodegradability of the sample (coating layer powder) is more than 80% within 50 days

the Companythe slogan"Let paper do what it can do. ", we promote "paperization solutions", which leads to solving social issues. In the future, we will propose new options for the traditional flexible packaging field by adding various functions to "Paper".

 

■Related Links

Kaneka Biodegradable Biopolymer Green Planet^® Product Information
https://www.kaneka.co.jp/solutions/phbh/index.html

Lamina ^® Product Information
https://www.nipponpapergroup.com/products/package/thick_paper/lamina.html