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Barrier-Coated Paperboard – The Alternative to Plastic for Smart Packaging

Replacing the plastic tray in food packaging with a combination of paperboard and plastic can reduce the tray’s climate impact by about 80 per cent. Photo: Gabriel Liljevall. The hunt for materials ...
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Greif introduces recycled, barrier-coated paperboard

The company will debut EnviroRap, its 100 percent-recycled paperboard designed for the food industry, at Pack Expo International in Chicago. Greif will debut EnviroRap, its 100 percent recycled ...
Western Michigan University

HVAC Evaporative Pads with Chitosan

Currently, Phenol resins are widely used in corrugated and paperboard products as barrier coatings. A thinner phenol resin coating is used on paperboard for specific HVAC applications, such as ...
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Closing the Loop for Paper-Coated Packaging and Serviceware: Now Compostable AND Recyclable with Luminy® from Total Corbion PLA

provided by Metpack, pictured above (photo courtesy of Metpack). Gorinchem, the Netherlands – Total Corbion PLA has demonstrated that paper-coated applications with Luminy® PLA can now not only be ...