From:packagingeurope
BANUS, a Research for SMEs project funded under the 7th Framework Programme, started last 1st of July with the main goal of developing new multilayer structures for food packaging applications.
The objective is to guarantee the suitability of the functional barrier layers regardless of the quality of the recycled material used in the process.
The great advantage of BANUS approach is to ensure highly efficient functional barriers in order to guarantee food safety when using recycled materials (plastic and paper) even coming from non-authorized recycling processes in food packaging structures.
The substitution of a percentage of virgin material by recycled material in the selected structures will be considered, in order to develop more environmentally friendly food packaging structures.
As the main requirement of food packages is always to guarantee food safety for consumers, this substitution will be achieved after evaluating the functional barriers positioned between recycled layers and foodstuffs.
BANUS, with a planned duration of 24 months and a budget of 1.1M€, is composed of nine participants from six different countries: INNVENTIA AB from Sweden, BOBINO PLASTIQUE from France, MTM PLASTICS from Germany, DELTA PRINT & PACKAGING Ltd from UK, BUMAGA BV from Netherlands and HELIOMUR SCOOP, FUNDACION CLUSTER AGROALIMENTARIO DE LA REGION DE MURCIA, ASOCIACIÓN VALENCIANA DE EMPRESARIOS DE PLASTICOS (AVEP) and AIMPLAS from Spain, this last as the project coordinator.
More info: www.aimplas.es
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