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Kiwi Ingenuity - Green World First
Christchurch one-stop coffee supplies shop Caffe Prima is introducing a green alternative for coffee enthusiasts.
They’ve launched the world’s first fully biodegradable pack for freshly roasted coffee - the Econic coffee pack.
With coffee consumption rising significantly each year, so is packaging waste. The Econic coffee pack gives coffee drinkers a feel-good alternative to dumping millions of standard foil bags every year.
Caffe Prima uses about 90,000 foil bags annually. Geoff Johnson (owner of Caffe Prima) explains, “We're a medium-sized player so there are millions [of foil bags] going out every year in New Zealand. We thought 'what should we be doing to be better corporate citizens?’”
Hamilton-based Convex Plastics developed the compostable bag. The 3 layer lamination process has a middle cellulose layer sprayed with an aluminum coating. The three films are made from sustainably-produced wood pulp and corn sources and have all been internationally certified to the British Standard EN13432 for composting and biodegradability.
The empty Caffe Prima bags will break down well in a home composting environment. When tested in a Waikato bark composting facility the final prototype all but disappeared. It started to soften after a fortnight and was down to a few small fragments by week 14.
The Econic packs have been specifically developed by Convex Plastics to provide the ideal sealing and barrier properties for coffee and dry foods. They are available both with and without an innovative bio- degradable vent to allow the CO2 gases given off by hot roasted coffee beans to be vented through the top and bottom bag seals. The vent replaces the traditional non-renewable one-way valve button, and is activated by positive pressure inside the bag.
Caffe Prima was established in 1995 and contract roasts for a wide range of customers, as well as supplying a range of coffee, tea and related paraphernalia.
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