Greiner Receives Certification for Home-Compostable Capsule Packaging
Greiner Packaging, a leading European manufacturer of plastic packaging in the food and nonfood sectors, has just announced that it has received certification from TÜV Austria Belgium NV for its home-compostable capsule packaging. Greiner has produced packaging solutions for the capsules market for several years, and along the way the company has found ways to make the its products more sustainable.
“To be TÜV certified, the capsules must break down within 26 weeks,” said Taner Ertan, global business development manager at Greiner Packaging. “Our home-compostable capsules biodegraded within just 15 weeks. We are delighted to have successfully obtained certification, as it means we can now offer fully sustainable capsule packaging to our customers and the consumers they serve.”