If you are looking for the very best in environmentally friendly and functional, fit for purpose takeaway food packaging, you can't go past Sugarcane Fibre Clamshells and Takeaway Trays. The most sustainable takeaway packaging is made from sugarcane fibre, as it is a by-product of the sugar refining industry and has many benefits when it comes to food packaging. Our sugarcane clamshells and takeaway containers are plastic-free – made from reclaimed and rapidly renewable sugarcane pulp, and you will find them available in several sizes and with compartments. Let's leave polystyrene contain ..read more

When it comes to choosing a single wall verse a double wall coffee cup for your business, there are a few things to take into consideration.  The team at Paper Lane Packaging NZ  are here to help you make the right choice for your business. In a nut shell the difference is that a single wall paper coffee cup has one layer of paper, a double wall paper coffee cup has two. The extra layer and textured pattern provide additional insulation to protect your customers from hot drinks. The extra layer increases the environmental impact of the cup. We understand the issues and prov ..read more

New Zealand’s ban on single-use plastic will speed up the transition toward a circular economy. The goal of this ban on food packaging is to reduce plastic pollution on land and in the oceans and reduce the unsustainable use of fossil fuels to make packaging. The single use packaging ban will be implemented in stages – the single use bag ban is the only ban in effect at the moment. SINGLE USE BAG BAN Shopping Bag Ban: 1 November 2019 INCLUDED IN THE BAN Single-use plastic shopping bags 70 microns thick or under, including compostable versions. EXEMPT FROM THE BAN Compostable bag accepted if no ..read more

Have you ever heard of bagasse? It’s sometimes referred to as sugarcane pulp and it’s gaining popularity as a more sustainable alternative to plastic foodservice packaging. You might have noticed that large supermarket brands and quick service restaurant chains are replacing some of their plastic foodservice packagings with a different kind of packaging that looks like cardboard. Foodservice packaging represents a huge opportunity to move away from conventional plastic packaging and towards a circular economy model and close the loop on waste by producing packaging from plants that can be c ..read more

We are so used to talking about climate change in terms of future predictions – dire, scary, but still some way off. On a good day, we might convince ourselves that this fate – the anthropogenic warming of our planet – is still avoidable. In fact, science would suggest that the future is already here – the effects of global warming are already being felt around the world, and the need to change our current model of consumption is urgent. In the same way, the future for sustainable packaging is now. Not soon – now. It Is Urgent To arrest the growing methane emissions from landfill, and to s ..read more

New Zealand National Plastics Plan Legislation is currently being drafted and expected to be passed by 2022. Products included in the ban: STAGE 1: LATE 2022 PROPOSED ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE BAN: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) meat trays Rigid polystyrene (PS) takeaway packaging Expanded polystyrene (EPS) food and beverage packaging including takeaway containers Degradable plastic products (eg, oxo- and photo-degradable) Plastic drink stirrers Plastic stemmed cotton-buds, including PLA compostable cotton buds and drink stirrers EXEMPT FROM THE BAN: Polystyrene cup lids Clear PET (1) including ..read more