Stories theme: Packaging

We asked consumers about food packaging

Food packaging plays an often overlooked role in the total environmental footprint of food items, affecting both product shelf-life and waste recyclability. We investigated consumers' views on food packaging materials, food shopping and food waste. More than 4,000 respondents participated in the survey conducted by our third-party research partner Taloustutkimus.

Predicting the future at hygienic board mills

With global demand for food and beverage packaging continuing to rise, producing hygienic board is a good business for many mills. But it’s not as simple as just maintaining the machinery and adding some biocide to keep microbial activity in check. Kemira experts discuss what it takes to ensure high hygiene of board and productivity of machine.

Proposing action for sustainable food packaging

The EU is currently undertaking an evaluation of Food Contact Materials (FCM). We want to support our customers and the fiber-based food packaging industry by actively following and participating in the latest regulatory developments.

Compliance in fiber-based food packaging

Watch our webinar to learn about the existing regulation for food contact materials, how safety and compliance of the food service board is ensured and what are the solutions to impurities like non-intentionally added substances.

Renewable, recyclable, biodegradable: A short guide to bio-terminology

Environmental buzzwords are everywhere these days, dropped in front of a whole host of words in the newspapers we read, the products we buy, and the branding we’re exposed to. Renewable, recyclable, biodegradable, bio-based – what do the terms really mean and what’s the difference between them?

A light-weight approach to a heavy problem

Resource efficiency and the strive for circular economy are topics every company need to take seriously. For food producers, this means using renewable and recyclable fiber-based food packaging – while ensuring it’s hygienic, robust, and – increasingly – lighter in weight.

Chemistry – the unsung hero of food packaging

Refrigerators full of leaking cartons, hands greasy from fast-food packages – welcome to a world without chemistry. Though invisible to the naked eye, chemistry plays a big role in our everyday lives and is a key enabler in the move toward renewable food packaging alternatives.

A closer look at food packaging

Recycling and regulation emerge as some of the keywords of our time. These topics go hand-in-hand with great global challenges we need to solve. Here, Kemira has valuable expertise to offer.

Biobased food packaging - a union of fibers and chemistry

Sami Puttonen, Senior Manager in Sizing & Surface Business Development, sees the bigger picture when it comes to food packaging. After 11 years working at Kemira he believes that the solutions to the global issues of food waste and sustainable packaging could come from many surprising directions.

Food for thought – zero in the bin. What can you do?

Food is wasted at every phase of the production and consumption chain, but the single biggest point of waste are private households – yours and mine. It is within our powers to change this.