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Innovations in Reuse - a Sustainable Solution

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation estimates that reuse is a $10 billion+ opportunity that can significantly reduce the environmental impact of single use packaging waste.

Martin Blacher, Director of Sustainability at Bockatech, spoke at the Sustainability in Packaging Europe conference earlier this week about developing new manufacturing technologies so that brands and converters can take advantage of this untapped opportunity, with “low cost durable containers that allow innovative reuse models at scale.”

Blacher said, “Reuse is throwing down a challenge to materials and packaging manufacturers to come up with new solutions that really suit this format of packaging.” Bockatech, a five-year old green tech company and the developer of a new manufacturing technology called Eco-Core, creates technology for both single use packaging and reusable packaging, and licenses it to others to use. Bockatech currently holds licenses in Europe and the US.

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