TC Transcontinental Packaging wins FPA Sustainability Award
TC Transcontinental Packaging has announced that it has won the Gold Award for Sustainability in the 2021 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition for the Maxwell House Canada 100% compostable coffee pod lidding and mother bag films.
These breakthrough sustainable films are certified BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) industrial compostable which leaves zero waste, provides an environmentally friendly solution to the popular single serve pod, and responds to the demand for sustainable packaging without sacrificing product freshness, performance and convenience
“At TC Transcontinental, the development of sustainable products is firmly rooted in our long history of social responsibility. This award underscores our leadership position in crafting commercialised, sustainable packaging solutions, and is one of many recognitions for our work in this space including the award-winning recycle ready pouch for loose tea, compostable structure for closed-loop collection, and also compostable whole-bean packaging for coffee. It is gratifying to see how our values of performance, teamwork and innovation have culminated in the development of such an outstanding array of sustainable products,” said Thomas Morin, president of TC Transcontinental Packaging.
This product results from TC’s partnership with Club Coffee, a leading innovator in the rapidly expanding single-serve hot beverage market and the creator of PῧrPod100TM, and Kraft Heinz Canada. It demonstrates how collaboration can bring break-through packaging to life and divert waste from landfills with inventive and innovative solutions, says the company. The packaging features a circular design with renewable inputs into the materials and a no-separation pod design that ensures easy consumer disposal through the growing number of local food waste collection programmes.
As signatories of the Ellen MacArthur foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, this award-winning product shows TC Transcontinental Packaging’s commitment to developing sustainable packaging where plastic never becomes waste and reaching the company goals whereby, by 2025, all products are 100% recyclable, compostable, or re-useable.
