Korozo brings recycle-ready flexible packaging to life with Digital Product Passports
Korozo Group presented at FachPack 2024 (Nuremberg) its cooperation with R-Cycle to develop and implement Digital Product Passports (DPPs) on flexible packaging that has been designed to be recycled.
R-Cycle, as an open traceability solution based on GS1 standards for sustainable packaging, makes relevant information that is automatically recorded during packaging production and filling available and retrievable to the entire value chain. To do this, R-Cycle integrates with ERP systems and solutions to extract the relevant data and create DPPs. Due to the conformity with the open standard from GS1, it is interoperable with other systems and thus accelerates the automation of digital data exchange for packaging.
This supports the European Commission’s introduction of DPPs to provide information on the origin and composition to the repair, recycling and disposal of individual pieces – and all relevant steps in between – as part of an effort to move the continent towards a circular economy.
In a demonstration at FachPack 2024, spouted pouches made using the proprietary KoroRCY film feature a label printed with a QR code that links directly to the pack’s DPP. Via this link, information such as material type and composition; weight, density and dimensions; PCR content and recyclability is readily available to access and use to ensure the pack is treated responsibly, from manufacture right through to the end of its life.
As an international manufacturer Korozo is prioritizing work to make flexible packaging sustainable and circular. Fatih Imre, Technical Account Manager, Consumer Packaging at Korozo, said: “We know that brands are looking for ways to make sure their packaging is sustainable and give consumers the ability to make responsible choices. DPPs enable us to bring the flexible packaging industry’s circular future a step closer. Our recycle-ready mono-material flexible packaging has already shifted the industry in this direction. Showcasing the packs alongside the capability of DPPs is a powerful message to the industry – a fully circular flexible packaging industry is not only achievable, but also on the verge of becoming a reality.”
Picture: Korozo
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