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The Prize « Corporate Social Responsibility 2019 » has been awarded on the 5th of December. At the breath-taking 39th floor of Lombardy Tower, Maria Teresa Brassiolo, Vice President and co-founder of Cartonspecialist BIOPAP®, has received the award granted by the Lombardy Region and The United Chamber of Commerce. This award, qualifies and supports company’s virtuous paths engaging innovative corporate spirit, with focus on sustainable development and to spreading of CSR best practices (www.csr.unioncamerelombardia.it). Maria Teresa Brassiolo has high-lighted  the key role of companies in spreading and witnessing Social Responsibility in each ones’ own community and to act jointly for a more sustainable production and consumption model.

The prestigious price to our biodegradable and compostable BIOPAP® food trays has been awarded on October the 10th in Santiago. The University of Santiago has held the ceremony within the Packaging Innovation Day. The contest was focussed on sustainable food packaging  and was promoted by the University of Santiago, Label Chile (Innovation packaging center) and CO-INVENTA, the national platform  for food packaging innovation. The jury was formed by prominent Research and Development personalities such as José Galotto (Director of USACH/LABEN Chile/Co-Inventa), Alan García (SOFOFA, Sociedad de Fomento Fabril), Rocío Fonseca (CORFO, Corporación de Fomento , entrepreunariat), and Guillermo González (Jefe Departamento de Economía circular  from the Ministry of the environment. Our excellent Marie Chantal Gallaz of  Pacific Trading has supported the candidature of our sustainable and innovative food trays and has collected the 3rd prize. The Jury wanted to prize the renewable  and non-intensive supply chain, the care at minimising the environmental  impact of our processes and the easy end-of-life through composting in a never ending natural cycle.

A major change is taking place in the German professional catering market for Industries, Schools and Elderly houses. The quality leader and multi awarded, HOFMANN MENUE MANUFAKTUR renovates its entire offering and extends BIOPAP® to the whole GN ½ range.  The echo of the ORGANIC range launched with BIOPAP trays has been outstanding. The consumers and professional panels and the strategic environmental commitment of HOFMANN in sustainable development have led BIOPAP on the full range. A significant impact from the environmental, visual and tactile point of view: all Alu trays are replaced by BIOPAP® LC with heat sealed Hard lid with easy open function and exhaust stem valves for re-heating process. The solution is ideal for the COOK & FREEZE process using the high temperature and mechanical resistance of BIOPAP®, form -40°C of the freezing tunnel, to automated packing and to re-heating at 145°C. Consumers and professionally have been choosing  for the sustainable supply chain, the product functionality and the easy and natural waste management system through composting in an endless natural cycle, a very good example of circular economy.

A biodegradable, compostable fruit container with extendable features able to pack fruits of different calibers, re-usable at home to cook, preserve and re-heat food. This is the result of the partnership between BIOPAP® and GHELFI ONDULATI with a new Patent* and a new product family for fruit and vegetable application focussing sustainability and circular economy. This compostable container usess also the most innovative ink-jet printing technology with water based inks to enhance users capabilities to interact with the product and the brand offering out standing customers’ experience. The patented GOOD container is issued from renewable raw materials and sets a new benchmark in fruit packaging: not only product protection but creative and virtuous re-use at home, in the kitchen and then easy to dispose off into compost, ready for an endless life into nature. Functional, Environmental Friendly, Communicative, Circular, GOOD containers are engineered and produced in Italy with a totally European supply chain, with a strong thought to our future and to sustainability. Who else than Melinda® the Italian leading fruit brand standing for Excellence and Sustainability would have been the preferred partner to launch on the market this innovation?

*Patent Pending IT102018000009662

This regulation will support farmers to use more organic fertilisers and this will contribute to the environment. Using artificial fertilisers needs a lot of energy for production. With this legislation we create a win-win situation for farmers, the citizens and the environment. It will support the health of citizens by production of healthier food from healthier soils.
Encouraging the use of the recycled organic products contributes to the Circular Economy. Today, only 5 % of organic products are recycled and used as organic fertilising products in Europe. With the adoption of this legislation the farmers will have access to a large range of natural fertilisers.
‘The provisional agreement of this regulation in the European Parliament is a great step forward to realise a circular economy in Europe’ said Stefanie Siebert, executive director of the European Compost Network. ‘The new regulation will open the European market for innovative and recycled organic fertilising products, like compost and digestate. Harmonised criteria and mandatory limits for all fertilising products will make farming more sustainable and will protect human health and the environment.’

BIOPAP® compostable food trays have been developed to perfectly integrate the biological cycle in the circular economy.

BIOPAP® food containers have been confirmed top recyclable according to the latest and more demanding standard issued by Aticelca MC 501:2017. The new methodology has been released at the end of 2017 and is the most recent development in terms of recyclability standards. It will be the base of the future UNI standard. The analysis on BIOPAP® food trays have been performed by the major Italian institution in this field INNOVHUB of Milan. The test reports have awarded the maximum score, the A+ recycling grade to BIOPAP LP and the second best, A recycling grade for BIOPAP® LC. This important result shows once more the extreme care in product design of  BIOPAP food containers also with regard to End of Life waste management. BIOPAP® packaging materials can be perfectly recycled once cleaned from food spills. They are also compostable, showing a perfect example of circular economy.

In the emotional settings of the Triennale Art Exhibition and the famous San Siro football stadium, the catering of the UNESCO’s sport event was served in the new disposable BIOPAP dish. This co-operation wanted to unite sustainability and sport in urban surrounding, promoting ethics and inclusion. The technical features of this latest BIOPAP innovation have been appreciated by the caterer particularly its outstanding stiffness and the heat resistancy. Participants to the event liked the practicality, the natural touch and feel and the sustainable supply chain. The waste collection was extremely simple thanking the compostability of the disposable dish.  It has been a significant occasion for BIOPAP to testify its engagement towards important values such as ethics, social responsibility and care for the environment. The compostable 390 ml round dish is the outcome of a structural and industrial design aiming at supplying a European product, manufactured in Italy with top performances, renewable and really competitive: the ideal choice also for schools and business catering.

Last July 8th at Villa Giraffa in San Rossore (PI) took place the event titled “Le vie dell’essere” (“The Ways of Being”), focused on nutrition, prevention, meditation, positive thinking, psycho-physical well-being and lifestyle.

A dinner, specifically dedicated to the event, with macrobiotic food served in natural, biodegradable and compostable BIOPAP® trays as protagonist, followed the event.