Toppan’s 98% light-shielding paper-based trading card packaging shows that paperization is moving into applications that require opacity, security, and premium print quality. Here is what small high-value product teams should check before replacing plastic packaging.
Paper-based high-barrier materials such as Mondi Avara, FunctionalBarrier Paper Ultimate, and HiProtex Paper are scaling fast as replacements for multilayer laminates. This post organizes the spec questions a brand buyer should put to suppliers at the purchase-order stage, across barrier grade, food contact, OPRL and recyclability, and line compatibility.
Bel Group’s Babybel paper packaging transition shows that paperisation is not a simple material swap; it requires food safety, line compatibility, and recyclability to be verified together. This post organizes the items procurement and development teams should check when reviewing food-contact paper packaging.
With EU PPWR application set for 2026-08-12, the regulation is settling toward proof rather than promises. This post organizes the six documentation packages a Korean export-packaging supplier should have ready at the SKU level.
Paper packaging is not automatically recyclable in practice. This article explains how Korea’s recyclability grade assessment should influence design decisions around coatings, labels, adhesives, and mixed materials.
A 30-day preparation guide for packaging suppliers facing buyer ESG audits, covering raw material evidence, recyclability records, and regulatory response documents.
A practical guide for export packaging teams on reading PPWR together with ESPR, focusing on recyclability, material records, information duties, and documentation for paper-based packaging.
Drawing on Fraunhofer’s PAPURE project and IOM3 reporting, this post organizes what laser-treating paper surfaces and bonding them under heat and pressure could mean for paper-packaging recyclability. It also walks through the paper conditions, seal strength, throughput, quality control, and pre-commercialization checks that have to be verified.
A practical look at WPO’s Interpack 2026 wishcycling signal, explaining why recyclable claims must match actual collection, sorting, and reprocessing systems, and how B2B paper packaging teams can turn that into design checkpoints.
Sonoco GreenCan is a useful case for asking how far paper-based packaging can replace plastic or metal containers. A high paper content is not enough by itself. Packaging teams need to look at the body, rim, lid, barrier layer, adhesives, and local recycling systems before making claims.