{"id":22117,"date":"2020-08-27T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=22117"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T08:31:27","slug":"stora-enso-to-produce-bio-based-packaging-foam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/environmental-news-en\/stora-enso-to-produce-bio-based-packaging-foam\/","title":{"rendered":"Stora Enso to produce bio-based packaging foam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\"><p>Stora Enso, headquartered in Helsinki, will build a pilot facility to produce Cellufoam, which it describes as \u201ca lightweight, fiber-based foam material for protective packaging and cushioning.\u201d The company says bio-based foams are renewable and recyclable and can be used in packaging, replacing oil-based polymer foams. The pilot plant will be at Stora Enso\u2019s Fors mill in Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe interest in sustainable packaging solutions is already large and continuously growing,\u201d says Markus Mannstr\u00f6m, executive vice president of Stora Enso\u2019s Biomaterials division. \u201cCompanies are looking for bio-based materials in order to achieve their own environmental goals for recycling, reducing plastic waste and using fossil-free materials while maintaining high-quality packaging performance. Our bio-based foam offers a renewable, recyclable and biodegradable alternative to traditional oil-based packaging foams, such as expanded polyethylene (EPE) and expanded polystyrene (EPS). With this pilot, we continue to build on our long-term R&amp;D work while introducing innovative materials to replace fossil-based ones,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Stora Enso says its pilot aims to evaluate and validate Cellufoam as a packaging foam in customer tests and to further develop the production process. The new pilot plant will be part of Stora Enso\u2019s Biomaterials division and its design and engineering will start immediately. It is estimated that the plant will be ready in the fourth quarter of 2021. The company adds that decisions about commercialization will follow, after evaluating the results of the pilot-scale production.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyclingtoday.com\/article\/stora-enso-pilot-bio-based-foam-plant\/\">Recycling Today<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stora Enso, headquartered in Helsinki, will build a pilot facility to produce Cellufoam, which it describes as \u201ca lightweight, fiber-based foam material for protective packaging&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5594,31],"tags":[6589,984,5416,6590],"class_list":["post-22117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chief-editors-choice","category-environmental-news-en","tag-biopackaging","tag-packaging","tag-stora-enso","tag-sustainable-packaging","wpcat-5594-id","wpcat-31-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rsz_vaulogo.jpg?fit=100%2C58&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22119,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22117\/revisions\/22119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}