Packaging

Recyclable stand-up pouch offers EVOH barrier

recyclable barrier pouch — TC Transcontinental recyclable, multilayer pouch

TC Transcontinental Packaging introduced a 100 percent recyclable, multilayer barrier stand-up pouch. The flexible film bag for Harney & Sons loose tea hits all requirements: durability, seal strength, ready for in-store drop-off and EVOH barrier against gases and moisture. Fine tea requires a multilayer, co-extruded package to protect natural oils that give tea a smooth flavor. The company collaborated with Charter NEX Films and Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, which provided its RETAIN polymer modifiers that allow multilayer film to be fully recyclable.

For more information, visit www.tctranscontinental.com

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Rose Shilling is a previous managing editor of Food Engineering Magazine. She wrote feature stories on a variety of topics and tracked the food packaging industry. A journalist with an editing background at news services and newspapers, she also has driven editorial projects in health care and higher education.