Canary Wharf Group aims sights on recyclable paper cups made with EarthCoating® in support of plastic reduction and increased recycling rates

Canary Wharf Group commits to exploring the use of recyclable paper cups made with EarthCoating® at One Canada Square

Canary Wharf, London, September 25, 2018 – As global demand for a sustainable solution in paper cup waste continues to rise, Canary Wharf Group in London, England has decided to conduct trials for a paper cup made with EarthCoating® which is said to use 43% less plastic than traditional paper cups and be easily pulped into recycled paper using conventional paper recycling equipment.

“As a responsible landlord, we want to raise awareness of alternative technologies that could provide further value to our Estate community.  A solution like Earth Coating® has potential to demonstrate a closed-loop system where used paper cups could be reprocessed into goods like printing paper, which could then be brought back into our offices” said Lugano Kapembwa, Sustainability Manager for Canary Wharf Group. 

The end of life hierarchy for disposable paper packaging has been clearly identified as Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and so any opportunity to recapture virgin fibers from paper cups for recycling clearly supports the circular economy which is of grave importance.

“The first step to getting paper cups recycled is to make paper cups that are easy to process through existing paper recycling equipment” said Todd Gasparik, VP of Business Development for Smart Planet Technologies, developers of EarthCoating®. “Now that we’ve done this, the recycling experts can extract the value and divert a tremendous amount of waste from the landfill.

EarthCoating® can be used as a sustainable coating alternative for all types of packaging applications including paper hot/cold cups, food trays, takeaway boxes, food wraps, liners, labels and more. EarthCoating® may be run on existing equipment at commercial line speeds and paper packaging produced with it require no additional infrastructure in order to be easily pulped back into office paper.

Canary Wharf Group plans to announce further details of its trial in the near future and is working to ensure the existing infrastructure is ready and able to accommodate this exciting program. 

About Canary Wharf Group 
Canary Wharf Group plc has overseen the largest urban regeneration project ever undertaken in Europe, designing and building more than 16.5m sq ft of London real estate, which now houses local and international companies and renowned retailers. 

The Canary Wharf estate is a major retail destination comprising around 1m sq ft across five shopping malls, including the award-winning leisure development, Crossrail Place, housing one of London’s most stunning roof gardens.  It also has world-class, year-round arts and events programme offering over 200 diverse and culturally inspiring events performed throughout the Estate.

Canary Wharf’s new district, Wood Wharf, will provide up to 3,600 new homes, 2.8m sq ft of office space, 380,000 sq ft of retail space and over eight acres of public spaces, squares and parks. There will also be a GP surgery and a two-form primary school for 420 children.

Canary Wharf Group is a wholly owned joint venture between Brookfield Property Partners and the Qatar Investment Authority. 

Website: www.canarywharf.com
Instagram: @canarywharflondon
Twitter @CanaryWharfGrp; @YourCanaryWharf;@Level39CW

 About Smart Planet Technologies
Smart Planet Technologies is a materials engineering and intellectual property company focused on sustainable material advancements for the paper-based packaging industry. Our highly-mineralized resin technology (EarthCoating®) uses 43-51% less plastic than Polyethylene and may be used to produce paper-based packaging applications that can be easily pulped into recycled paper using conventional paper recycling equipment. 

EarthCoating® is ideal for hot/cold cups, tubs, folding cartons, food trays, liners, labels, takeaway boxes, corrugated boxboards and point-of-purchase displays. EarthCoating® may be run at high commercial line speeds on existing converting equipment and offers significant performance, economic and environmental benefits compared to plastic coatings.

DETPAK LAUNCHES THE FIRST TRULY RECYCABLE TAKEAWAY CUP AND COLLECTION SYSTEM IN THE UK

Cup today. Paper tomorrow

Coffee cups across the UK will be saved from landfill and commercially recycled into paper, with the introduction of Detpak’s RecycleMe™ system.

This ground-breaking recycling collection system closes the loop for the industry and guarantees collected paper cups will be counted and recycled into high quality paper products.

The revolutionary takeaway coffee cups feature an innovative next generation lining called EarthCoating® which uses 43% less plastic than traditional UK paper cups and allows them to be easily processed into recycled paper products using conventional paper recycling equipment. 

With more than two and a half billion paper cups sent to landfill each year in the UK Detpak’s Product Marketing Manager Kristin Camery said the RecycleMe™ system promotes a longer life for the paper cups and supports a circular economy to keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and value for as long as possible.

“Our RecycleMe™ collection system is a total end to end solution, turning takeaway cups into recycled paper products, and contributing to positive global environmental change,” Kristin said. 

Detpak has aligned with industry partner Shredall Ltd in the UK to collect, sort and recycle the cups as part of an existing national collection system in the United Kingdom. 

“Shredall currently has 13,000 collection points around the UK and will support the establishment of additional collection stations for RecycleMe™ cups”, said Shredall Sales Director Nik Williams. 

Unlike traditional plastic-coated paper cups which end up in the landfill or at select recyclers who claim to be processing them into various products using specialty infrastructure, but often unwilling to share full details, the RecycleMe™ system is designed to provide a guarantee and transparency of the recycling process.” 

In a UK first, Shredall will also be providing a collection service and recycling commitment for RecycleMe™ coffee cup lids. 

The RecycleMe™ system was officially launched to customers in the United Kingdom on Thursday 20 September and supported by barista champions from both Australia and the UK at an exclusive event at Taylor St Barista’s roastery. 

Andrew Tolley Co-Founder Taylor St Baristas announced they will be the first to launch into the UK market “The RecycleMe™ system will allow our customers to continue to experience the convenience of takeaway coffee without contributing to landfill. It’s a solution we can feel good about offering in our cafes”.

The RecycleMe™ system will be in cafes in Australia and New Zealand from November and Detpak are now taking orders for United Kingdom customers for launch in late 2018.

RecycleMe™ Cup today. Paper tomorrow. 

For further information please visit recycleme.co. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Kristin Camery Kristin.camery@detmoldgroup.comor +61418683406 Charlotte Williams charlotte@shredall.co.uk  or 07920 529 248

About Detpak 
A Member of the Detmold Group, Detpak is a global manufacturer of innovative, sustainable paper and board packaging dedicated to the food service industry. The Detmold Group has been owned and operated by the Detmold family since 1948. Detpak combines global reach with local expertise and offers a large range of ready-to-go packaging items as well as custom-print and tailored packaging solutions. 

About Shredall Ltd 
Shredall is the UK’s largest independently owned secure documentation service owned document-management company in the UK with a strong reputation service and the recycling of paper. Shredall currently service all of the UK and have collection partners globally.

Green Bay Packaging licenses EarthLabel™ from Smart Planet Technologies for next-generation wet-strength pressure sensitive labels

EarthLabel™ technology provides superior wet-strength, adhesion, and print characteristics compared to conventional solutions

Newport Beach, CA, September 22, 2018— Green Bay Packaging, Coated Label Products has entered into a license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies to produce EarthLabel™ stock using EarthCoating® technology for a wide range of label applications in North America. 

The license broadens the reach of EarthLabel™ into new applications and markets requiring high-performance wet-strength pressure-sensitive labels, beyond the success-to-date of EarthLabel™ within the wine label industry.   

Green Bay Packaging will be marketing “EarthLabel™” for additional markets under their “Polar White” label stock brand.  

About Green Bay Packaging
The Coated Products Operations of Green Bay Packaging is a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive paper and films for a variety of labeling applications, including primary package decoration and variable information.  Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Coated Products has three coating facilities located in Green Bay; Winchester, VA; and Mexico City.  In addition, material is slit and distributed from four other locations in the United States, two in Canada, and three in Mexico. 

About Smart Planet Technologies
Smart Planet Technologies is a materials engineering company focused on advancements in sustainability for the packaging industry. Through innovation, our technologies conserve natural resources and provide high quality, environmental alternatives targeting a wide variety consumer, industrial, label and many other packaging applications. To learn more visit SmartPlanetTech.com

Pacific City retail development kicks off recyclable paper cup recycling initiative for the US

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, July 25, 2018— As the surf kicks up for the US Open of Surfing, across the street, Pacific City retail development will be kicking up the first wave of a paper cup recycling program for Southern California and the nation.

Traditionally, paper cups have typically been sent to landfill, because the inner lining of plastic is not designed to process through paper recycling equipment.

During the US Open of Surfing, Pacific City will be using a new paper cup called reCUP®, apaper cup with a redesigned inner lining that is universally recyclable in traditional paper recycling equipment.

Guests of the property will see these environmentally-friendly reCUPs launch throughout Pacific City during the U.S. Open of Surfing. Using a paper cup that's designed to be recycled, enables systems to be put in place for the recycling of paper cups.

The property is also adding dedicated paper cup recycling receptacles throughout the common areas as Pacific City is participating in Southern California’s new reCUP® Recycling Initiative, a closed-loop recycling program for reCUP® paper cups. The initiative is a blueprint to address paper cup and single-use paperboard packaging waste nationwide through recycling rather than landfill.

ReCUPs are distributed by 4 Blue Waves, a local food service packaging distributor of environmentally-friendly packaging, founded by core volunteers of the Surfrider Foundation,Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter. Receptacles will be provided by Busch Systems, andrecycling of reCUPs coordinated by Allan Company, one of the largest independent recyclers in the Western United States.

“We’re thrilled to support such an advancement in sustainable retail property sustainability practices” said Jen Williams General Manager of Pacific City. “For every ton of reCUPs collected, we save: 5 trees, 1,601 gallons of water, 524 hours of electricity and 51 gallons of oil”

As major brands around the world continue to grapple with waste such as paper cups, Pacific City is taking immediate steps to solve this problem and leading the recyclability charge by showing what is possible today.

To learn more about Pacific City, visit www.gopacificcity.com

To learn more about reCUP®, visit reCUP.earth

For press inquiries, contact:
Jen Williams, General Manager, Pacific City: 714-960-1238 / jwilliams@djmcapital.com

Linstol licenses EarthCoating® for its Super Cup

The SuperCup is an earth friendly, space saving and ergonomically designed paper cup for the airline cabin product industry.

Newport Beach, CA, May 10, 2018 — Linstol, a leading distributor for the airline cabin product industry, has completed a license agreement from Smart Planet Technologies, to use EarthCoating in Linstol’s new “Super Cup” paper cup offering for the airline industry.

Airlines across the industry strive to meet sustainability objectives to reduce disposable packaging waste, and improve recycling rates in its operations.Globally, disposable paper coffee cups are known to be particularly difficult to recycle because of the polyethylene plastic coating on the interior.Therefore, paper cups have been typically sorted to be disposed of in landfills.It is estimated that 15 billion coffee cups wind up in US landfills annually.

Linstol’s Super Cup, uses EarthCoating in its interior, a coating that is fully-compatible with traditional paper recycling systems, thereby the “Super Cup” is a paper cup that is designed to be recycled universally, while containing 43% less plastic content than a traditional paper cup.

The Super Cup is designed with a smaller storage footprint, with a 40% reduction in storage space, and allowing more cups per sleeve.

The features of the Super Cup make it a very attractive and cost-effective eco-friendly offering for the airline industry, and a demonstration by an airline to its passengers of the airline’s commitment to improve the sustainability of its operations.Linstol CEO, Mark Russell, states “Helping reduce our airline partners’ environmental footprint is an initiative that is at the core of who Linstol is.”

To learn more, visit linstol.com

About Linstol Linstol is a leading supplier of in-flight passenger products for the airline industry.With a home office in Naples, Florida, and four office locations globally, Linstol has supplied more than 175 worldwide airlines with a compelling range of more than 300 different cabin-related passenger products over the past two decades.

About Smart Planet Technologies Smart Planet Technologies is a materials engineering company focused on advancements in sustainability for the packaging industry. Through innovation, our technologies are focused to conserve precious natural resources and provide high quality, environmental alternatives to a wide variety of disposable packaging applications.