The German Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV (Fraunhofer IVV) has developed a paper packaging production process using plants that grow in peatland (a type of wetland environment), such as peat moss, reed and reed canary grass.“It has been proven that packaging made from paludicultures [wet agriculture and forestry on peatlands] can have the same mechanical stability and processability as wood-based fiber material,” Mathias Kott, processes and machine integration expert at Fraunhofer IVV, tells Packaging Insights.
