July 27, 2022
How Wasted Food Could Save the Planet | Opinion
The most promising and simple solutions for wasted food and packaging lies in the problem itself: wasted food and packaging—if composted—could slow climate change and improve soil quality and quantity. When food waste, along with packaging like paper, cardboard and other compostable options, break down in composting facilities or even in backyard compost piles, they don’t produce methane, and they result in carbon-rich soil that can be used everywhere from potted plants to commercial agricultural fields.
August 10, 2022
Atlapac, TIPA Partner to Produce Fully Compostable Packaging for Retail
TIPA and Atlapac, a packaging manufacturer and distributor, announced their partnership to manufacture fully compostable, flexible packaging mailers for premium fashion and retail customers. This is the first time Atlapac will produce home compostable mailers for customers.
August 8, 2022
TIPA & Aquapak Collaborate to Meet Industry Demand for New Innovative Circular Packaging Solutions
The two leading sustainable materials companies join forces to deliver a wider range of research-led material where there are currently no workable alternatives. Together, they respond to an ever-growing market requirement for truly workable circular economy solutions, particularly within the packaging and other FMCG markets, where TIPA and Aquapak have recognised that no one material currently exists which answers all the functional requirements of the market.
August 8, 2022
Compostable Packaging: Tipa Talks Markets, Applications
It is on the rise that TIPA’s company’s flexible packaging is gaining interest in the fashion and food industries, with Stella McCartney and Sunrays grapes among its many customers. Tipa’s VP of North America, Michael Waas, elaborates further on the topic in this interview
July 22, 2022
Artisan confectioner launches new range in fully compostable packaging
Fudge Kitchen is putting sustainability at the forefront of its business with the launch of a new range of products in fully compostable pouches. These products are made from renewable resources – including TIPA bio-based film, NatureFlex cellulose and PaperWise paper, and can be composted in household food waste.
July 21, 2022
A Guide to Finding the Right Sustainable Packaging for Your Brand
Today, one of the most important things about packaging is its environmental impact and sustainability. Brands, especially those that sell products that are organic or sustainable, must embrace this because customers are demanding it.
July 11, 2022
Compostable packaging helps to tackle plastic pollution
An Israeli company is working to make sustainable packaging a reality by focusing on developing plastic packaging that is completely compostable
There are a lot of ideas for ways to replace plastic, from bio-based alternatives to petroleum-based plastics that decompose. TIPA is combining both approaches to create a viable system of plastics for the circular economy.
July 8, 2022
No one-size-fits-all solution to waste issue
GOVERNMENTS must look beyond just recycling materials in the fight against plastic waste, the CEO of TIPA Daphna Nissenbaum has told Packaging Scotland. “Governments must acknowledge that it’s not just one solution (that’s required) – it’s not just recycling, or compostable packaging, or paper; we need a few solutions to handle what is a huge, huge problem.”
June 30, 2022
Composting is the future of fashion packaging
Fashion is still considered the world’s largest polluting industry after oil and gas, and compostable packaging is sustainability’s next frontier. New companies, like TIPA, focus on 100 percent compostable alternatives to plastic, encouraging better end-of-life for packaging.
June 29, 2022
Compostable packaging proliferates but infrastructural and regulatory limitations must be overcome, say suppliers
“All regulators are required to legislate and regulate the issue of plastic waste, including in the field of packaging. Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet answer, and a specific solution is required for each specific plastic product,” explains Koren.
Tipa’s long-term plan is to continue providing solutions that meet mass-market needs.
June 29, 2022
Compostable packaging can provide a solution to our struggling recycling system
To reduce plastic waste, but keep the simplicity of flexible packaging, retailers must look towards compostable materials. Although used by brands such as Riverford, switching to compostable materials has previously been overlooked by retailers.