New Sustainable Label Material Based on Grass Paper
Grass — or rather sun-dried hay, to be specific – is a major component of this eco-friendly paper by HERMA. Processing these fibers for paper production is very resource-friendly and generates very little CO2, compared with paper produced from fresh fibre or even recycled cellulose.
Since 2017, grass papers have been widely used for various kinds of food packaging, and have received a lot of attention from companies committed to sustainable packaging. Made from grass paper, the new label material, HERMAnature fieno (grade 340), allows users to also apply special sustainability requirements to labels. The production of such grass papers is based on special grass pellets developed and patented by a German company from the Rhineland.