Under the Blue Circle Packaging label
(bluecircle-packaging.com), Alpla will offer its customers packaging solutions
that are all biodegradable and thereby contribute to sustainability. This is
based on plastics made of renewable raw materials. ‘We see the establishment of
our own label which includes all of our products made from biodegradable
materials as a clear commitment to our activities in this future market. They
are a recyclable addition to our existing packaging solutions,’ says Nicolas
Lehner, CCO of the Alpla Group and responsible for global sales.
In line with the circular economy
The establishment of Blue Circle
Packaging goes hand in hand with the holistic approach taken by ALPLA, whereby
all product areas and packaging solutions should be developed with a view to a
functioning circular economy. One important field of research (Replace)
involves the use of alternative materials made of renewable raw materials.
Home-compostable coffee capsules
With the first product from the Blue
Circle range, Alpla is offering its customers home-compostable coffee capsules.
The coffee capsules produced using injection moulding are characterised by
their technical and aroma-preserving properties – and on top of that, they are
also compostable at home. With the TÜV certificates OK Compost Home and OK
Compost Industrial, they are suitable for disposal in home compost as well as
in the organic waste bin.*
Joint venture for coffee
In conjunction with the coffee roaster Amann Kaffee
and the agency Silberball, ALPLA founded the start-up Blue Circle Coffee
(bluecircle-coffee.com). It offers roasting houses and smaller coffee suppliers
extensive expertise in roasting, filling, packaging and marketing coffee in
home-compostable coffee capsules. Consumers can also order three varieties of
the company’s own Blue Circle coffee line via an integrated web shop.
*To dispose of them in the organic waste bin
(industrial composting), please contact your local waste management company and
enquire about waste disposal in accordance with the EN 13432 standard.
