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BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM is the innovation that’s transforming the way sustainable catering is managed in schools, offices, companies, hotels, and events.
A unique system, designed and patented by BIOPAP® together with industry professionals, it simplifies the delivery of complete meals – both hot and cold – in a hygienic, eco-friendly, and efficient way, with no need for on-site infrastructure.

A patented ecosystem for the catering of the future

Born from the collaboration of exceptional people and companies, BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM reflects a shared vision of continuous innovation and human value.
With the commitment and enthusiasm of POLIBOX®, the project was developed in record time — an example of how synergy between innovative companies can generate real solutions that simplify daily operations and reduce environmental impact.

Two components, one smart system

🔹 BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS

The compostable meal tray, GN ½ format, is practical, modular, and self-supporting.
It is sealed directly in the central kitchen with both hot and cold dishes, ensuring:

✅ Maximum hygiene and food safety

✅ Reduced preparation time

✅ Optimal preservation of food quality and temperature until consumption

🔹 BIOPAP® EASY BOX

The lightweight, ergonomic, and high-performance insulated container, developed by POLIBOX®, keeps hot and cold temperatures separate for up to 3 hours after sealing.
Each box contains one complete meal, with a dedicated slot for identification labels to ensure traceability and accuracy.

The system is stackable and modular, designed to simplify the transport of multiple meals at once.
Quality, durability, and performance proudly signed by POLIBOX®, a leading name in the field.

The advantages of the EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM:

♻️ Lower preparation and service costs

♻️ No washing and zero waste, thanks to the fully compostable tray

♻️ Enhanced perceived quality for the end user

♻️ Maximum hygiene, safety, and simplicity

♻️ Minimal investment and scalable solution, from 1 up to 500 meals per day

With BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM, catering becomes more flexible, sustainable, and efficient, paving the way for new business models in green food delivery and collective catering.

Discover EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM at HOST 2025

Come and see how BIOPAP® and POLIBOX® are revolutionizing sustainable catering.
Meet us at HOST 2025 and experience firsthand the solution that simplifies food service operations, improves quality, and reduces environmental impact.

BIOPAP® Pad 10P – Stand B24, B32, C23, C31
POLIBOX® Pad 4 – Stand G11-H12

👉 BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM – the future of catering is here.

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The BIOPAP® Academy opens its doors

On the birthday of Maria Teresa Brassiolo, Co-Founder of BIOPAP®, October the 10th, 2025, the BIOPAP® Academy is officially inaugurated, a place desired and designed for the meeting of people, ideas, technology and the environment.

Under the 2009 solar power plant that has been providing renewable energy for 15 years, a new area, the BIOPAP® Academy, has been set up on the top floor of the Bioclimatic building made out of lamellar wood and mineralized wood.

BIOPAP® Academy is jointly used by R&D, Technical Customer Service, Sales and HR functions, a place experienced every day, where it is possible to imagine, develop, show and test BIOPAP® innovations and compostable packaging systems operationally and in real situations. A place of applied research, training, meeting and exchange with our partners, suppliers, customers, stakeholders.

A conference area but also a shared dining area, an ecological island to transform compostable packaging and organic waste into precious renewable resources such as compost. A technical area with different traditional and modified atmosphere sealing technologies, a chilled storage and reheating area with controlled humidity cells, refrigerators, freezers and ovens to test the BIOPAP® Compostable containers from the lowest to the highest temperatures. A BIOPAP Genius Meal Tray® area, the revolutionary system for catering events, clinics, hospitals and nursing homes.

A place open to young students from schools for open days  and from universities for internships and thesis works.

An environment at the same time natural and technological full of symbols with an ancient and a modern encyclopedic library wanted by our co-founder Giuseppe Anderlini, the first librarian. With a fitness area with a view of the Parco Agricolo Sud and a Relax area with a stunning view of Monte Rosa, origin and sources of inspiration, wanted by our co-founder Maria Teresa Brassiolo.

BIOPAP® Academy a place of innovation and sustainability, with art and history, where creativity is stimulated, and good practices and environmental and social responsibility are spread.

Welcome to BIOPAP® Academy!

A big thank you to the Municipal Administration of Settimo Milanese for promoting the Guaranteed Mobility Project, in collaboration with P.M.G. Italia SpA. The community got two vehicles for social welfare transport on a free loan basis for two years (automatically renewable under the same conditions): this is a great result! The Guaranteed Mobility Project has been supported since 2009 by the citizenship, with ethical commitment and social responsibility from numerous local companies. Thanks to this contribution, Municipality of Settimo Milanese can meet many transport requests, for elderly and disabled people in the area, without substantially increasing their own budget.

“We are happy to contribute to the call launched by Mayor Mr. Fabio Rubagotti and Deputy Mayor Mrs. Sara Santagostino,” said Maria Teresa Brassiolo, Vice President and Co-founder of BIOPAP Srl Società Benefit. “This enabled us to provide a 5-seater van equipped with a lift for transporting a wheelchair, and a 5-seater car for simple transport. These transports will also be provided in collaboration with the local voluntary and charity associations Auser and Caritas – Carità Cultura Missione.

“Local companies can commit themselves to the community, and it is important for local authorities to show a spirit of involvement. Seeking synergies and finding opportunities for cooperation between companies and institutions strengthens the sense of belonging and encourages active participation. It is positive to feel an active part inside a community,” concluded Maria Teresa Brassiolo.

The award ceremony was held on Thursday, 25 September 2025, at 5.30 p.m. in the courtyard of the City Hall in Piazza degli Eroi, 5.

In professional Catering the strategic goals are operational efficiency, food waste reduction and sustainability.

Cook & Freeze process, sustainable raw materials and packaging are the three pillars to reach those goals. Ready to eat, deep frozen quality meals prepared and cooked by professional chefs are of great help in increasing kitchen’s efficiency, balancing work loads and adding variety to the menus.

This goes hand in hand with high performance and sustainable food packaging, contributing to efficiency in preparation, service and waste management.

BIOPAP® solutions are designed to resist down to – 90°C without becoming brittle, and to withstand high reheating temperature up to 185°C to ensure optimal organoleptic performance and short service times.

Moreover BIOPAP® food packaging solutions are made from certified renewable resources PEFC, with a fully European supply chain and are certified compostable in both industrial and domestic equipment but also perfectly recyclable in the paper stream when clean.

KNORR Professional has chosen compostable BIOPAP® ½ GN Containers for its High Convenience meal range.

Premium quality meals together with high performance and sustainable packaging, the perfect combination to save time and resources.

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Our Head-Quarter and part of Plant 1 is celebrating in 2025 20 years from its erection, the first Bioclimatic industrial building of its kind.

Entirely built with a lamellar wood structure and mineralized wood chip walls it has been storing already since 2 decades over 300 T of Carbon captured in the Atmosphere. Mineralized wood chip walls are 1/5th of the weight of traditional concrete and 3 times more insulating.

The bioclimatic design made by Architects Nastasha Pulitzer and Antonio Los takes into consideration the position of the building against the sun path during the seasons, reducing energy intake in summer and maximizing intake in winter time.

Indirect sunlight is caught through large skylights ensuring natural lighting throughout the year. Artificial light is used only few hours a day during the winter season. Natural Light, High ceilings, clear natural walls and Wooden atmosphere ensure wellbeing for the body and the mid. The solar power plant on its roofs has been installed in 2009 and has been saving in 15 years of activity over 430 T of CO2 emissions.
The original power of 70 kWp power it will be revamped this year to 140 kWp ensuring 100% autonomous electricity production for the building and industrial activities together with the solar power Plant 3.

At BIOPAP we never stop innovating our eco-system, our sustainable food packaging solutions, our infrastructures and our technologies, always pushing boundaries in eco-design. We offer food producers and caterers tools to enhance efficiency and customer food experience, reducing landfilling and incineration by driving more food rest to composing, giving back to nature in biological circularity.

Everyday we want to show that sustainability is not only beneficial but also affordable.

#BIOPAP #Bioclimaticindustrialbuilding #carbonstorage #NastashaPulitzer  #AntonioLos #infrastructures&technologies #sustainablefoodpackagingsolutions #eco-design #biologicalcircularity

Sustainable Communities Begin with Compost.

This has been our goal since the start of our venture at BIOPAP®. This is also the 2025 theme for the International Compost Awareness Week. With professional and domestic use of BIOAP® Food containers and packaging solutions we have been promoting composting for over 20 years in all kinds of communities and at any scale. BIOPAP® Trays are CIC, OK Compost HOME and BPI certified compostable – from backyard home composters, to community composters, to large-scale facilities to all those who recognize the many benefits of using compost in soils.

The 2025 ICAW ‘s theme was chosen by all of the international partners who are part of the International Compost Alliance – making it truly an international theme.  This year’s theme was inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #11 “Sustainable Cities and Communities: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.”

The goal is valid for all countries and all continents, from large cities to local villages, from farms to fields and forests, composting is an essential element in developing sustainable communities. Composting allows communities to manage their own waste locally, create local job opportunities and support healthy soils with locally made compost, supporting local farming. By collecting food rests and food waste together with compostable packaging we’re repurposing the food that otherwise would go into the landfill or incineration. In the contrary by composting food waste, we’re creating fresh nutrients for the soil, which regenerates the earth and provides healthier food for everyone in the community.

Composting needs everyone’s commitment and every citizen must become an actor of this virtuous cycle, no matter the size of your home, garden, or community! Together, through the power of compost, we can create a more sustainable future for our communities!

Do not forget some of the strong benefits from organic recycling and compost use:

• Composting reduces methane emissions through aerobic managed decomposition providing for a more sustainable community.
• Composting lowers greenhouse gasses by improving carbon sequestration in the soil. Getting the carbon back into the soil serves as a “carbon bank,” helping to store carbon thereby removing it from the atmosphere.
• Compost provides essential nutrients for plants, promoting vibrant gardens and farms. Healthier soil leads to healthier, more nutritious food for our communities.
• Compost use increases the water-holding capacity of our soils; important as our communities are more and more often seeing drought and or intense rain events causing soil runoff and erosion.
• Community Gardens and Green Spaces: Compost plays a vital role in community gardens, fostering green spaces that provide fresh produce, recreational opportunities, and community gathering places.

Congratulations to Abbie Sawyer from Athens, Georgia, 2025’s winner of the ICAW 2025 Poster Contest. We love it!

So, let’s compost all together.

Revolutionizing MealService in Zagreb: Biopap® patented EasyGenius, deployed at University Hospital Centre with Extrapoint and Valter Berneš!

One Solution, Endless Benefits! As hospitals, catering services, and institutions face mounting challenges in hygiene, sustainability, and cost-efficiency, Biopap® The revolutionary EasyGenius Meal Tray delivers a game-changing answer. Now successfully deployed at University Hospital Zagreb, this award-winning meal system is proving its worth where it matters most.

Why BIOPAP® EasyGenius Meal Tray?

✔ Hygienic & Safe: Individually sealed meals prevent contamination, ideal for infectious wards and oncology patients. No contact between staff and food ensures 100% sterility.
✔ Sustainable & Circular: Made from renewable, compostable materials, reducing CO2 emissions by 66% compared to plastic trays. No washing, no plastic waste, fully compliant with EU regulations!
✔ Cost-Efficient & Practical: Eliminates dishwashing, reduces staff workload, and optimizes meal logistics. Meals can be chilled, frozen, transported, and regenerated on-site up to 175°C!
✔ Lightweight & Versatile: Half-Gastro size ensures easy stacking and transport, reducing GHGemissions and physical strain on personnel.
Zagreb’s Challenge, Our Solution! With kitchen renovations at Croatia’s largest hospital, 3,000 daily meals needed a safe, efficient alternative. Biopap® EasyGenius Meal Tray seamlessly stepped in, ensuring continuous, high-quality meal service without an operational kitchen.
As a result, the hospital not only tackled a temporary crisis but has decided to keep BIOPAP ® EasyGenius Meal Tray for long-term use in high-risk wards!
Future of Food Service is Here! From hospitals to emergency response, military catering to large-scale events, EasyGenius transforms meal service worldwide. Ready to elevate your operations with our unique, patented solution?

#EasyGenius #SustainableCatering #Zagreb #HospitalityInnovation #CircularEconomy #FoodServiceRevolution

The compostable, paper based BIOPAP® ATLAS hot meal casserole sets a new milestone in carbon footprint reduction for the airline catering.

INNOV HUB, the prominent Italian laboratory has just performed a Cradle-to-Grave LCA assessment on the innovative and compostable BIOPAP ATLAS SI 25 Hot meal casserole comparing it to the traditional Aluminium casserole.

The result is groundbreaking: BIOPAP ATLAS offers 2,5 times less CO2 emissions.

The impact is massive: The replacement of existing Aluminium casserole with the innovative BIOPAP® SI25 casserole will allow a saving of 35.6 KgCO2 emissions per 1.000 units. Considering an annual distribution of 40.000.000 units the saving would correspond to 1.424.960 KgCO2/year.

As far as CO2 emissions are concerned, this value corresponds approximately to the average CO2 emissions of 11.874.667 km using a medium-sized car.

If we take into consideration the average absorption of a tree in a year (about 7,5 kg CO₂/year), this value is equivalent to the CO₂ absorption of 189.995 trees/year.

The combination of high engineering design and automated manufacturing combined with 20 years’ experience in sustainable and compostable food packaging solutions has delivered this outstanding result. BIOPAP® ATLAS SI 25 hot meal casserole has been specifically designed to best perform in airline catering offering natural touch and feel and superior food passenger experience while offering also a smooth waste management turning waste into valuable resources through composting both food rests and BIOPAP® casseroles.

By using BIOPAP® ATLAS SI 25 casserole the airlines are directly benefiting form a significant carbon food print reduction in their operation and contribute to reduce the catering environmental impact, becoming fully circular. A growing number of Airports are starting and running own composting plants reducing greenhouse gas emissions but also creating a virtuous cycle with the neighbouring agricultural activities.

BIOPAP® Atlas hot meal tray is a powerful tool: OK compost Home, BPI and CIC certified, with a fully European supply chain based on renewable raw materials coming only from well-manged PEFC certified forests.

Scaling up BIOPAP® ATLAS SI 25 is easy, it can be directly used on existing automated high speed crimping lines.

With the up-coming WTCE fair in Hamburg, next week, this is going to be a key factor in discussions for the Airlines and more and more for the Airport Authorities also. Turn airline catering sustainable and circular.