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Tea Capsules Made from Certified Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic

Tea is the most popular beverage in the world after water. But tea industry was always always behind her biggest rivalry, Coffee when it comes to innovations. During 5000 years of long history, tea industry had only very few product or technical innovations. Continuous innovation is vital for the betterment of any industry. With people’s modern day busy life style, convenience factor plays a vital role in marketing. By the mean time, as Packing News had reported, Melitta Single Portions has launched Avoury, which is a new line of speciality organic tea capsules manufactured from certified circular polypropylene (PP) which uses feedstock made from used plastic.

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Melitta has been partnered with Sabic’s Trucircle portfolio to make these transparent plastic tea capsules manufactured from post-consumer recycled plastic.

These tea capsules are created specifically for the new Avoury One tea machine launched in late 2019, that enables the consumer to make a cup of speciality tea with just the click of a button. The transparent tea capsules allowing consumers to not only taste the high-quality tea, but also to see it inside the capsule.

This capsule is an aesthetically pleasing, lightweight design which preserves the quality of the tea while supporting to address food safety regulations needed for food and beverage products. This packaging is heat-resistant to protect the tea leaves, while enabling tea to freely develop its own flavours.

Avoury circular polypropylene tea capsules
Pai Mu Tan / Bai Mu Tan White Tea Capsule
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Melitta Single Portions CEO Holger Feldmann mentioned: “We naturally want to ensure an exceptional tea experience and we want to prove that it is possible for resources to be used responsibly. With Avoury tea capsules we can prove both.”

Sabic’s Trucircle solution for certified circular Sabic Qrystal copolymer, utilized for this innovative packaging which can be contributed towards the development of a circular economy, according to the company.

While appreciating innovations like these, I must tell my dear tea lovers that there is nothing better than a freshly brewed tea pot with loose leaf tea. No matter whether it’s Black, Oolong, Green or White. Just enjoy your cuppa with a great deal of joy. Cheers!

Learn More About Melitta: https://www.melitta-group.com/en/Melitta-Single-Portions-43.html

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References

  1. Main Source: https://www.packagingnews.com.au/materials/certified-circular-pp-used-in-tea-capsules
  2. More Info: https://plasticsinpackaging.com/tea-time-for-circular-polypropylene/
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100% Recyclable Tea Pouch Awarded @ PAC Canadian Leadership Awards

Even though Tea is the most popular beverage in the world after water, continuous innovation is vital for the betterment of industry. In an era when consumers are getting wiser, sustainability of the industry has become a key factor when it comes to marketing. “Tea with Nipun” first reported about the 100% recyclable pouch developed by Montreal based TC Transcontinental Packaging for Harney and Sons.

As Tea and Coffee Trade Journal had reported, TC Transcontinental Packaging has won the Sustainable Packaging category at the 2019 PAC Canadian Leadership Awards with its Harney & Sons Fine Teas 100% recyclable packages with re-sealerable zip lock. These awards fully support the organization’s pledge for 100% of its plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

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Alex Hayden, senior vice president, R&D, innovation and sustainability, TC Transcontinental Packaging said, “We are thrilled to have our innovations recognised at the PAC Canadian Leadership Awards”. Hayden added Further “Our focus is to develop packaging solutions that meet our customers’ needs and are ahead of market trends. We collaborate with partners from across the plastic value chain and make sure to use a circular approach in every step of our product design, from sourcing to end-of-life. We are poised to continue developing industry leading sustainable packaging and to increase the amount of recycled plastics in our portfolio.”

The 2019 PAC Canadian Leadership Awards celebrate craftmanship in brand package design and innovation with a vision to showcase the power of packaging.

About The Pack

Fine loose tea packaging requires a multilayer, co-extruded package to protect the product’s natural oils / volatile compounds which provide tea leaves a smooth flavor, anyway most barrier films are not easily broken down and recycled. The new zip lock pouch uses an EVOH barrier, combined with Dow’s Retain resin technology to allow the multilayer film to be 100% recyclable.

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References

1.Original Post: https://www.teaandcoffee.net/news/22676/tc-transcontinental-wins-big-at-pac-canadian-leadership-awards/

2.Harney and Sons: https://www.harney.com/