Reduce emissions with biobased packaging
Marc Martens
CurTec manufactures drums, pails and jars made of biobased plastic*. Biobased — or plant-based — plastics are produced from renewable biological resources and offer a sustainable alternative to fossil-based plastics. They are an excellent choice for companies that prioritize environmental responsibility and want to appeal to eco-conscious customers.
Biobased drums
Biobased pails
Biobased jars
Like so many companies, CurTec has incorporated sustainability and CSR into its business model. One of our sustainability goals is to reduce emissions in our value chain to net zero. Creating biobased packaging (also called plant-based packaging) is a first step to replace the influx of plastic from fossil fuels with more sustainable alternatives such as biobased plastic.
Packaging from a renewable resource
CurTec uses biobased HDPE made from sugarcane ethanol — a renewable feedstock that helps lower CO2 emissions and reduces the use of finite natural resources.
A major advantage of biobased HDPE is that it can be processed on conventional plastic converting machines, delivers the same performance, and is fully recyclable. Drums, pails and jars made from renewable resources meet the same high quality standards as their fossil-based versions and are fully interchangeable.
Carbon reduction with plant-based plastics
Plant-based plastics offer an important environmental benefit: they do not introduce additional carbon into the atmosphere. Sugarcane absorbs CO2 as it grows and, if biobased plastic is incinerated at end-of-life, it only releases carbon that was already part of the natural cycle**.
Even so, biobased packaging should never be littered. As with all plastics, proper end-of-life treatment is essential. Recycling remains the preferred route — but prolonging their life through reuse is the most sustainable choice.
Biobased drums, pails and jars
CurTec offers Wide Neck Drums, Click Pack pails and Packo jars in biobased material. All biobased packaging can be identified by their characteristic bio-green lids.
Biobased Wide Neck Drums provide the same leak-tightness, water vapor barrier, UN certification, and food safety as their fossil-based equivalents.
Packo jars are also available in biobased HDPE, with two closure options:
- A lid with integrated gasket
- A lid without gasket combined with a separate inner lid
They offer excellent moisture protection, are UN certified and food safe — suitable for pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs.
Click Pack pails have recently been added to the biobased range. These screw-lid pails open and close with a simple quarter turn and, like all CurTec packaging, are water vapor tight, UN certified and tamper evident.
Are you looking for packaging that helps you achieve your carbon reduction or supply chain sustainability goals?
* The amount of bio-HDPE in a drum, pail or jar is verified according to the ASTM D6866 standard.
** There are different ways to model biogenic carbon. Interested in knowing CurTec’s approach to biogenic CO2? Contact us!
