Recyclable pouch producer from Pouchbag? Every shop has a different style but needs for coffee doesn’t change much. We have aluminum ply in the middle of our laminates to keep you coffee fresh for a long time. Outside we have brown, white kraft or transparent film (silver color). All our stand up pouches have zipper feature for closure. Plastic partially made of Sugar cane, No Aluminium used for barrier. Bio-based material at least 65% of total material. Less carbon foot print, less global warming. See more information at https://pouchbag.com/collections/clear-recyclable-stand-up-pouch-with-zipper/products/clear-recyclabe-stand-up-pouch-with-zipper. Paper With Barrier ? Yes, This is what makes this pouch very very special. Regular papers breath. It may be good for short shelf life but not long term storage. Special milling technique gives shelf life up to 6 months depending on the products. Heat Sealable: This is another important property of this product because most of the paper pouches are made with gluing and also tape is used to close it. We don’t use any glue to form the pouch and you can use simple heat sealers to seal.

Compostable Pouches or bio-degradable Stand-Up Pouches: Compostable Pouches are the pouches that has to become a compost, degrades and become edible by insects or used in soil. The idea of pouch getting composted into soil and we don’t have to do about it makes us feel very good but it is not the whole truth. Compostable pouches only compost in some certain temperature and humidity if not they remain as they are. If we are worried about marine litter it is very likely that a fish may eat it like a plastic get sick with it, later we eat them and we also get sick too.

The goal of the circular economy is to have an efficient waste collection and sorting system so that everybody will try to put its waste to the system because they will benefit the outcomes. This way no plastic will leak to the nature. How About Oxo-degradable? Oxo degradable is the worst and EU is trying to forbid entrance of OXO-degradable products. The problem with Oxo-degradable is, the plastic is broken in to small pieces, as small as powder. The plastic powder is blown around with the wind and we can inhale it with other dust in the air. If that powder goes in the marine they can easily end up in the digestive system of the fish. One can avoid eating regular plastic but they will not see small powders from oxo-bio degradable bags. So OXO bio-degradable is a NO NO!

This is important because oil is a limited resource and we don’t want to finish it all and have none left for the future generations. This is what’s called sustainability. Another benefit of bio- based, sustainable stand up pouch is less of ecological area is used for oil wells. The starch for bio-based plastic is grown in controlled areas only. Bio-Based plastic stand-up pouches had properties very similar to regular plastic. It means that the possibility of replacing the fossil based stand up pouches is wider. Many thinks that bio-based are also bio degradable (compostable) or recyclable. Not really. Once the starch turns into plastic it acts no different than fossil based plastic. Read additional information on https://pouchbag.com/.