Material based on wood fibres protects products with sensitive surfaces

Paptic has developed a packaging material based on wood fibres to reduce environmental problems caused by plastics.

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Products with an easily damaged surface must be protected with a pliable and soft material. So far, these materials have mainly been made of various types of plastics.

The recycling of plastics is not a matter of course everywhere in the world. Most plastics end up being burned, in a landfill or in the environment.

The system for recycling plastics is still at the development stage. Quite often, packagings are made of two or more different materials that must be recycled as different grades, such as plastics or paperboard. This makes recycling complicated for consumers and, at worst, reduces their willingness to do it.

Paptic, Secto Design and Woamy Oy have jointly developed an easily recyclable packaging, which protects the Petite line of lighting armatures by Secto Design. The complete packaging can be recycled as paperboard.

The Paptic material used in the packaging is based on wood fibres. It feels soft to the touch, is durable and does not harm sensitive metal, wood or leather surfaces. It can also be used to protect electronic visual displays and other electronic appliances.

Paptic is light in weight and pliable. It can be processed using existing packaging lines.

The main raw material of the Paptic packaging material are long wood fibres, and it is produced on paper machines. The material is also used for carrier bags combining the properties of paper and plastic bags: the renewable material is made into re-usable, recyclable bags that are sturdy and more water-resistant than paper bags.

‘Whenever possible, it pays to re-use Paptic packagings and carrier bags many times. At the end of their useful life they are easy to recycle as paperboard,’ says Esa Torniainen, Chief Strategy Officer at Paptic.