EnvoPAP’s eco packaging delivers plastic-free products for fast food and pet sectors
Designed as a plastic substitute reducing pollution, EnvoBARRIER combines the UK company’s agricultural by-products material with non-leak coatings suitable for an array of containers from sandwich casings and cups to wraps, pouches and straws. “Every item is recyclable, biodegradable, compostable and marine degradable with a 28 percent lower carbon footprint than conventional products,” says EnvoPAP founder Kaushal Shah.
It was seeing the pollution generated by the burning of leftovers from sugarcane production in his home country of India that led Shah to set up the business in 2015 while a postgraduate at the University of Southampton.
As the paper industry seeks alternatives in the face of the global deforestation crisis, EnvoPAP’s process realises the value in the waste, known as bagasse.
After collection from over 100 mills and farms, fibres are pulped, pressed and dried forming the packaging and paper raw material.
Because the process deploys the same machinery as that used for wood-based paper production, while also delivering the same yields, “our products are easy to scale and more efficient,” explains Shah.
