The Ecoflex provides a sustainable alternative to PA-based materials, whilst fully meeting OPRL guidelines, insists AR Packaging.
Designed primarily as a thermoforming base web, Ecoflex is formulated with ‘premium’ PE polymers, offering good puncture resistance, improved tear resistance and it can be used for MAP (modified atmosphere packaging) or vacuum.
AR Packaging said it offers good quality clarity and printability, and that the material is ideal for meat, dairy and bakery thermoformed applications and has good recyclability throughout Europe.
Ecoflex is manufactured at AR Packaging’s Highbridge-UK site, which produces a range of flexible barrier packaging solutions for both food and non-food industries.
“The launch of Ecoflex provides retailers with their sustainable material of choice,” said Greg Mitchell, technical sales manager, AR Packaging Highbridge. “Instead of a reliance on PA/PE-material for their flexible thermoformed applications, Ecoflex is a recyclable mono PE film that offers comparative mechanical and impact strength. In the UK, for example, the material can be recycled at front-of-store recycling facilities that allow consumers to return polyolefin-based flexible packaging.”