Industry News, Sustainability

Metpack, BASF Show Certified Home-Compostable, Coated Paper

Metpack’s Ezycompost paper is coated with BASF’s biopolymer ecovio 70 PS14H6.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

For sustainable food packaging, extrusion coating specialist Metpack, Istanbul, now offers coated paper and paperboard which is certified home-compostable according to DIN EN 13432. Metpack’s Ezycompost paper utilizes a coating with BASF’s ecovio 70 PS14H6. The biopolymer is certified home-compostable (EN 13432 and AS 5810) and adds several functional advantages to paper for food packaging: It is food-contact approved (FDA) and shows excellent barrier properties against liquids, fats, grease,...

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