Nestlé Brazil goes green polyethylene
Swiss packaging giant Tetra Pak has “achieved a significant milestone towards its goal of producing 100% renewable packaging with Nestle Brazil’s launch of two popular milks brands in carton packaging featuring caps made with green polyethylene (PE),” according to the company. The use of plant-based polyethylene in carton packaging further strengthens Tetra Pak’s renewability credentials. Over time, as the company increasingly adopts plant-based plastics, it expects to be able to offer a carton range that is 100% renewable.
The green polyethylene has been developed by Braskem, Brazil’s largest petrochemical company, and is made out of sugar cane derivatives, which are polymerized in plastics for cap production.
“This is a key step in our renewability journey,” says Tetra Pak president and CEO Dennis Jonsson. “Our cartons already have an excellent renewable material profile, now, with the introduction of caps using green polyethylene and our commitment to extend its use to other plastic components, the concept of a 100% renewable carton is becoming a reality.”
Currently, all the paper used for the production of cartons in Brazil comes from forests managed in accordance with the responsible forestry management principles, certified by FSC (Forest Stewardship Council).