First designed to be recycled packaging for powdered chocolate in Latin America

Today, Amcor has taken another step towards its goal to provide more sustainable packaging solutions by producing the first designed to be recycled plastic packaging for powdered chocolate in Latin America.

Compared to the previous packaging, this new solution reduces the package’s carbon footprint by 53% and water consumption by 84% when it is recycled. The new sachet has a high-barrier feature to protect against humidity and will be available to consumers in its 25g sachet format in Colombia this month.

Working closely with the customer, Amcor has leveraged its global and local R&D resources to develop this packaging solution. We’re proud to also be the first global packaging company to have pledged to develop all its packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025.

Following on the launch of the powdered chocolate sachet, similar innovative packaging solutions will be applied to the product’s larger formats as well as dry food product lines that require a high humidity barrier.
Amcor has a record of collaborating and providing innovative and more sustainable packaging solutions. For example, in Chile, Amcor recently introduced recyclable packaging for dry soups and made the move from cans to flexible pouches for condensed milk.

Beyond Latin America, Amcor introduced the world’s first recyclable retort pouch for wet pet food in the Netherlands, as well as the first food flexible packaging made with recycled content in Australia.

To learn more about Amcor’s collaborations to increase recycling rates, visit our sustainability partnerships page.

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