Foodservice
Paper Cups
EarthCoating is used for paper-cup applications that require a moisture and grease barrier while targeting compatibility with conventional paper recycling processes.
Applications
Designed for the Right Packaging Stream
Smart Planet technologies are engineered for specific substrates and recycling streams. The most appropriate solution depends on the packaging application, required barrier, converting process, and target market.
Paper & Paperboard
EarthCoating® for foodservice and paper packaging.
EarthCoating is a mineralised-resin extrusion coating for paper substrates. Public Smart Planet materials identify paper cups, folding cartons, food trays, and related paperboard packaging applications.
Paperboard packaging
Cartons & Food Trays
Public product information identifies folding cartons and food trays among the paper and paperboard applications for mineralised resin coatings.
Paper-Based Flexible Packaging
HyperBarrier® Coating for paper and board.
HyperBarrier Coating is a nanocomposite extrusion coating applied to paper substrates. It is distinct from HyperBarrier Film and is designed for paper-based flexible packaging that requires oxygen, moisture, grease, or aroma barrier performance.
Flexible paper packaging
Coffee Pouches & Snack Bags
HyperBarrier Coating is engineered for paper-based flexible packaging applications such as coffee pouches and snack bags.
Flexible paper packaging
Pet Food Packaging
HyperBarrier Coating is engineered for paper-based pet food packaging where a high barrier is required without foil or metallized layers.
Important distinction: HyperBarrier Coating is for paper and board packaging and paper-recycling streams. It is not HyperBarrier Film.
Flexible Plastic Packaging
HyperBarrier® Film for monomaterial PE structures.
HyperBarrier Film is a heat-sealable monomaterial polyethylene solution for flexible plastic packaging. It is designed to replace complex multilayer structures in PE recycling streams and is a different proposition from the paper/board coating technology.
Flexible plastic packaging
Pouches, Lidding & Wraps
HyperBarrier Film is designed for flexible pouches, lidding, and wraps in a monomaterial PE structure.
High-barrier flexible film
Dry Foods & Related Formats
HyperBarrier Film is designed for oxygen- and moisture-sensitive flexible packaging, including dry foods, snacks, coffee and tea, nuts and seeds, and seasonings.
HyperBarrier Film availability: Cast film is available from August 2026, and blown film is in development. Application suitability and recycling outcomes must be confirmed for the finished pack and local market.
Selecting a Path
The substrate comes first.
EarthCoating and HyperBarrier Coating serve paper and paperboard packaging. HyperBarrier Film serves flexible plastic packaging. They are distinct technologies aligned to different material pathways.
Paper Stream
EarthCoating & HyperBarrier Coating
For paper cups, paperboard packaging, foodservice formats, and paper-based flexible packaging where the application supports the relevant coating technology.
Plastic Stream
HyperBarrier Film
For heat-sealable flexible plastic packaging designed around a monomaterial PE structure and the applicable PE recycling pathway.
Discuss your packaging application.
Our team can help identify the appropriate Smart Planet technology for your substrate and performance requirements.
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