Paboco and Blue Ocean Closures have collaborated on ‘the industry’s first’ market-ready paper bottle and fibre-based cap combination, expected to reach consumers in early 2025.
Paboco has launched a product line including the combination of paper bottles and fibre-based caps in partnership with Blue Ocean Closures, who have released a standard closure for solids and pills, said to be ready for market use immediately.
Including the cap, the total package apparently has a total weight of less than 16 grams, with an HDPE barrier weighing below 2 grams. Paboco states that the bottle’s thin barrier means the package is recyclable as paper packaging.
Paboco says this development is part of its aim to introduce paper bottles at scale by the end of 2025 and develop future bio-based solutions. The paper bottle and cap is available to order for selected partners and will be exhibited at this year’s CPHI in Milan, Italy on Oct. 8th and Scanpack in Gothenburg, Sweden from Oct 22nd -25th.
Michael Michelsen, commercial director at Paboco, comments: “To us at Paboco, this brings about an immediate change in the industry; here we are changing the material options of the packaging industry and keeping a focus on lightweight packaging. We have already kicked off production and expect to see these bottles in consumers’ hands by early 2025.”
Ola Tönnberg, CCO at BlueOcean Closures, states: “We see that the fibre-based closure is a new standard category, applicable to a range of different bottle materials. Expanding the possibilities to reduce plastics, we are very excited to also launch it on fibre bottles, through our collaboration with Paboco.”
Paboco began full-scale production of its fibre-based bottles at its maufacturing site in Denmark in February, aiming to produce over 20 million bottles by the end of 2025. According to the company, the solution is 85% paper, with the remaining 15% consisting of an HDPE barrier; however, the exact percentages vary depending on the bottle shape and intended application.
In April, Blue Ocean Closures commercially launched its fibre-based screw cap in partnership with Swedish nutritional supplement provider Great Earth. Recyclable in paper waste streams, the companies hope the solution will provide a viable alternative to existing plastic screw caps.
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