Osvaldo Bosetti
Goglio Spa ,Italy
Title: Green Packaging & Green Tea:A solution already industrially achievable and future developments
Biography
Biography: Osvaldo Bosetti
Abstract
Goglio Group offers a complete packaging solution combining flexible laminates, packaging equipment, plastic accessories and service for top product preservation and unmistakable, eye catching image on shelves. Packaging plays a fundamental role in daily life but it represents the majority of urban waste and, during the last years, this aspect has caused concern about the environmental impact, leading to new regulations. Goglio S.p.A., as converting industry, is keen on this aspect and offers different solutions to a more and more demanding market: recyclable, biodegradable and compostable. The current challenge is to make a fully compostable material with ever better mechanical and preserving features (product shelf-life ) equalling the traditional and conventional materials. Goglio proposal: An innovative wholly compostable material, EN13432 Vincote certificated with: Higher barrier properties if compared to the most common compostable materials on the market; easy conversion on high speed Vertical Form & Fill Seal machines; high anti-oxidant, anti-radical power thanks to natural poliphenols radical scavenger addition; high availability and low cost and; natural product (no health and environmental problems). The new proposal is Green System & Green Tea. The anti-oxidant and anti-radical properties have been verified with static and dynamic instrumental tests and through shelf life studies in comparison to conventional standard materials. The innovative proposal is patented. New in-depth optimization and development of this packaging proposal is going on to further extend its barrier properties to guarantee a longer shelf life matching the level of non compostable conventional materials.
