Carbon Neutral: Reducing Packaging’s Carbon Footprint

It’s time to act is now: More and more companies are integrating sustainability and decarbonization into their strategy as increasing customer expectations on climate-friendly services and products as well as new political initiatives and laws, like the EU’s European Green Deal are constantly increasing the pressure. This is a game-changer for many businesses.

I’m Green™ is produced by Brazilian company Braskem. I’m green™ is a Bio-PE or Green PE, a polyethylene made with renewable resources (sugar cane) instead of fossil oil. In comparison to conventional polyethylene, the main difference is that the ethanol used for Green PE is not produced using crude oil, but instead is derived from sugarcane. Therefore each ton of Green PE produced captures up to 3.09 tons of CO2 thus helping to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Green PE performs in the recycling stream similar to conventional polyethylene and is therefore 100% recyclable.

By understanding and researching the characteristics of Green PE, we BIOPACK have developed the laminated packaging bag, which has no difference in performance from regular plastic packaging bags but can be 100% recyclable and reduce the amount of CO2 produced, which plays a role in carbon neutrality great effect.