Innovative recyclable mono-material packaging with a function to protect sensitive food products.
Mardruk Opakowania Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. has received a grant from the European Union for project no. FENG.01.01-IP.02-0378/25, project title: 'Innovative recyclable mono-material packaging with a function to protect sensitive food products'.
The project concerns the development of eco-friendly, protective mono-material packaging that provides a barrier against water vapour and UV radiation and is capable of being recycled. The project comprises solely an R&D module, which in turn comprises a total of 3 tasks, of which 1 is carried out as industrial research and 2 as development work.
The result of the project will be protective mono-material packaging with a barrier against water vapour and radiation. This will be the overriding feature of the products developed, which will translate into maintaining the quality and sensory properties of the packed product and will help limit or halt the growth of undesirable micro-organisms, thereby ensuring the freshness of the packed food product.
The eco-friendly nature of the innovation is in line with packaging legislation and with the principles of the Circular Economy. Because the packaging will be mono-material (made from a uniform material; the layers, barrier coatings and print will not exceed 5% of the packaging mass), material recycling will be possible.
The added value of the project result will be its positive social significance in terms of health. The protective barrier in the packaging against UV radiation and water vapour will be achieved using substances that work like traditional physical filters, scattering and reflecting this type of radiation – namely zinc oxide, titanium dioxide and/or iron oxide. The protective barrier will not contain a layer of aluminium or AlOx, which are commonly used in film packaging to protect against the transmission of water vapour, oxygen, gases and UV, but which can have a harmful effect on the products inside the packaging and, in consequence, a toxic effect on the human body.
Market roll-out will follow immediately after the completion of the research project, through the introduction of the new product into the Applicant's offering. The project is distinguished by high added value in terms of ecology, constituting an eco-innovation on a market scale, as well as in terms of counteracting climate change through the creation of solutions with high recycling potential.
The target group is companies engaged in the manufacture and distribution of packaging.
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Project value: PLN 12,776,142.50
European Funds contribution: PLN 7,069,623.45
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