Breakthrough Innovations in Barrier Coatings using Mineralized Resins
for Sustainable Packaging Materials
The Magic of
Mineralized Resin Coatings
The Next Generation in
high-barrier-coating technology
HyperBarrier is a monolayer nanoclay composite coating with 200x improvement for oxygen barrier and 15x improvement for moisture barrier over conventional polyethylene coatings
Pliable
Heat Sealable
Recyclable
The long-sought coating solution to move from plastic to paper flexible packaging
For Paper-Based Flexible Packaging
Pouches, Bags, Sacks, Sachets
for Barrier-coated Paper Packaging
with Less Plastic
and Designed for Recycling in
All Conventional Paper Recycling Systems
For Rigid Paper Packaging
Paper Cups, Takeout Trays, Folding Cartons
The Sustainability Challenges with Barrier-Coated Paper Packaging
Paper-based packaging with barrier coatings such as polyethylene and other biopolymers are notoriously difficult to recycle, leading to much of this packaging winding up in landfills. When conventional plastic-coated packaging is recycled in conventional paper recycling systems, the plastic coating breaks down into large sturdy flakes that can clog the screening process and can damage equipment. So, the materials are undesirable and typically sorted to landfills.
The Sustainable Solution
By mineralizing the resin, by up to 51%, the coating acts like a resin coating for the purposes of packaging performance, while acting as clay coating for the purposes of recycling. All paper recycling systems are designed for handle clay coatings, making this a universal solution for today’s paper recycling infrastructure. Industry recycling tests have categorized EarthCoating as a clay coating, not a polymer coating, therefore paper packaging with EarthCoating qualifies for collection in the premium uncoated paper category.
Over 3 billion units of packaging with EarthCoating have been sold to date globally.
Not only is packaging with EarthCoating recyclable, but Packaging with EarthCoating has been recycled in conventional paper recycling systems with the RecycleMe collection program to be made into gift wrap for Hallmark and copy paper for Australian Paper, and sold through KMart.
Did you know?
Plastic-coated paper packaging such as paper cups, take-out boxes, and food wraps are not compatible with paper recycling systems and are typically sent to the landfill.
An overview of the Repulpability and Recyclability of paperboards with EarthCoating®
The graphic to the left illustrates the process of paper recycling. A major part of the process includes extracting and cleaning fibers from non-paper contaminants that can found in the recycled paper stream. Unlike traditional plastic coatings, EarthCoating® is engineered for efficient processing in recycling systems. EarthCoating® is designed to fracture into small, dense particles in the pulping process, thereby avoiding the challenges found with traditional plastic coatings.
We’ve recently added additional content to our repulpability report and will continue to update our data as new information becomes available.
Recycled Paper Products Made From Recycled Packaging with EarthCoating
Paper cups made with EarthCoating
qualify for collection in Path 13,
the premium uncoated paper
recycling stream (Cyclos HTP)
