Amcor debuts recyclable pouch in Latin America

Switzerland-based packaging producer Amcor says it is producing “the first designed to be recycled plastic packaging for powdered chocolate” to be put on the market in Latin America.

The company claims the new pouch or sachet “reduces the package’s carbon footprint by 53 percent and water consumption by 84 percent when it is recycled. The new sachet was made available to consumers in in Colombia in May.

“The new sachet is designed to be recycled in accordance with industry standards,” says Fabio Gonzalez, Amcor Colombia R&D Manager. “This development reaffirms our commitment to ensuring all our packaging is designed to be recyclable or reusable by 2025.”

In Chile, Amcor says it has introduced designed to be recycled packaging for dry soups and the first food flexible packaging made with recycled content in Australia. The firms says it also introduced the world’s first designed to be recycled retort pouch for wet pet food in the Netherlands, as well as.

The Amcor news release announcing the milk sachets made available in Colombia does not indicate what material or materials comprise the pouches.