Caspak launches lidding film for mono layer semirigid trays

Packaging manufacturer Caspak has developed a PVDC-free, eco-friendly PET Top Web that seals to thermoformable PET films or pre-formed mono layer semirigid trays. It aims to make recycling simpler by removing a step in the process.

Previously, plastic lidding film needed to be peeled away and placed in a separate soft plastics recycling stream. Now, with the thinner top web tethered to the recyclable PET tray, it can be recycled into the one kerbside bin.

The product offers a suitable solution for meat, seafood and ready meal packaging that can be recycling within existing streams.

Bryce Hickmott, Caspak founder, said the company is constantly looking for packaging solutions suitable for Australia’s everyday recycling systems to boost sustainability.

The top web layer is designed to meet APCO’s minimal plastic weight allowance according to the Packaging Recyclability Evaluation Portal (PREP) for the hard plastic recycling stream. The mono-material complies with PREP’s measures by using one polymer material type in 90% of the packaging, measured by weight.

Caspak is offering the film as an independent addition to clients’ existing mono-layer trays so that stock on hand can be utilised to create a solution that works within existing machinery and processes.

These films have been developed as a sustainable solution in the lead-up to APCO’s 2025 National Packaging Targets.