Collaborating Toward Change Compostable Packaging Collaborative
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Collaborating Toward Change
Compostable Packaging
Collaborative
About OSC2 WHO? A collaboration of sustainable product founders and CEOs committed to positive impact. MISSION Address the toughest sustainability problems facing our industry and our planet by building new regenerative business models and agricultural systems OSC2 is a 501c6 Non profit
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Flexible Pouches Have Major GHG Benefits
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Glass Bottle and
Flexible Beverage Pouch, Current LCA study: Stand-up pouch serving 1 liter
Closure
Plastic PET Bottle
and Cap
Aluminum Can
Stand-up Flexible
Pouch
A. Conventional
B. Medium Bio-
Based
Calculated from data from LCA by Flexible Packaging Association, 2009.
C. High Bio-Based
D. Recyclable #2
HDPE
E.1. Compostable -
Non-GMO
E.2. Compostable -
GMO, Plant Based
E.3. Compostable -
Petro Based
Compostable Packaging Collaborative Mission: To remove Petroleum Based Packaging from landfill, 0ceans, and our planet by securing Non GMO compostable and renewable Flexible Film Structures with appropriate O2/moisture barriers
Quantifying the Plastic Pouch Problem • ½ of municipal waste is packaging - Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough - Globally more than 150 billion stand up pouches are used every year, growing 9% • In the United States, 26 billion pouches are thrown into landfills with no regenerative potential
Why Compostable?
• Plastic/PET pouches are laminated
with different plastic layers that
cannot separate, making them
impossible to recycle
• Recycling facilities aren’t set up to
accept recyclable flexible plastic
• Industrial composting is harder for
consumers to access; yard waste
programs and company take back
programs can support home
compost
• Backyard Composting can
promote a virtuous cycle
replenishing biological nutrients
Collaboration Is Key To Success
• Sustainable Packaging R&D Partners
Brands:
20+ leading
natural foods
Material Partners:
brands Brand Owner Futumura,
Manufacturer
BioBag
“I come from an environmental
conscious background and being in
this industry was quite a contradiction
to my beliefs; to the point where I was Converter Associated,
ready to get out of the industry. Then Elk
Jeanne came along and it “clicked” Packaging
this is the reason why I should stay in
the industry and this is my deeper
purpose/calling of why I’m in this
business. “ Brett Shaffer, Elk Design
OSC2 Packaging Collaborative Accomplishments üCreated Industry movement of leading brands toward advancing compostable packaging üDeveloped Key partnerships throughout compostable package supply chain process: Associated Labels, Elk Design, Futumura, BioBag, Novamont, etc. üDeveloped & Tested 4 compostable pouch versions with 18+ ingredients üLine tested overwrap applications and optimized structure for triplex teabags üPresented Certifications guidelines for compostable structures üAdvanced Compostable packaging Advisory board üHelped Launch Gone4Good (Alter Eco) & Leaf No Trace (Numi Tea) üFlexible Packaging Comparative study for Climate and end of Life
2 Primary OSC2 Workstreams 1. Stand Up Pouch – 5 2. Overwrap: Tea, bars – versions and 14 5 + ingredients tested ingredients tested
Expo West 2018 Compost Take Over
Leaf No Trace 14
Key Initiatives 2018 • White Paper on Comparative/GHG study building • Offer new structures • Improved pouch –with better zipper • Cold Seal Overwrap • Higher Renewables • Education on types of materials – inputs and also end of life impact • Downstream effect – Conference with with Waste managers • Provide brands with language and learning • New materials – HDPE – testing for recycled pouch • Reduce confusion – multi-layer, flexible film • New Study – degradation in oceans/freshwater • Waste Manager partnership – Ricology • Innovation Design Team – Radical innovation via biomimicry
2018 Packaging Collaborative
Membership Dues
New Members Renewing Members
• >$300MM Revenue $4,500 • >$300MM Revenue: $4000
• >$50MM Revenue: $3,500 • >$50MM Revenue: $3000
•Membership details
New Member Ongoing member
• Material and Partner network • Ongoing Compostable and renewable
access structure development briefings
• Access to OSC2 learnings • Exclusive Member Packaging Studies on
environmental impact
• Potential testing of a unique
• Address packaging flaws as team
ingredient with Clemson for added
fee. Note: • Brand iterates with converters and film
partners directly
• Test if like ingredient not yet tested
• Potential shelf life retest for new
• Brand works with converters to source structures as needed- work directly with
bag, hand pack, send to Mocon for Mocon or Innovia on this
overwrap applications. For pouch, the
process is centralized. • OSC2 supports as needed
• Brand actively involved in testing • Certifications guidelines support
oversight and results with OSC2 • Open Source team support
• Review of results and next steps • Input into studies we commission
with partners together
• All renewing member benefitsAPPENDIX
What is the Compostable Pouch made of?
• First ever Non-GMO
backyard compostable
stand-up pouch
• Made of plant based
material-
ü NatureFlex –
produced from wood
pulp of birch and
eucalyptus trees
sourced from FSC
forests
ü Mater Bi – made from
Non-GMO corn
• All components are
separately home
compostable certified.
• Certification of the Alter
Eco compostable pouch,
which is the model for the
OSC2 pouch, is in progressINPUTS & END-OF-LIFE: Multi-Layer Flexible Film
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