Pita Pit Canada, a fast-casual restaurant, has collaborated with delfortgroup and McNairn Packaging to launch a new packaging material, thinbarrier eco, from this month.
Produced by delfortgroup, the new thinbarrier eco paper is a packaging wrap paper produced from renewable resources and will help Pita Pit Canada to reduce its carbon footprint.
Developed as an alternative to the existing wax-coated papers, thinbarrier eco is designed to be a fluorocarbon and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) free environmentally friendly paper.
Delfortgroup uses a grease-resistant, vegetable based coating that eliminates the need for wax, to produce the paper.
In addition, thinbarrier eco can be recycled and composted in those areas where these facilities are available.
Delfortgroup speciality papers president Joe Kofler said: "disruptive technology is the best way to describe this new biopolymer substrate."
According to a life cycle assessment (LCA) study, conducted by Innventia Edge, changing to thinbarrier eco would decrease crude oil consumption in wrap production by 60%.
Using the paper will also save around 12kg of crude oil per 10,000 wraps.
Furthermore, for every 113,000 thinbarrier eco wraps, Pita Pit Canada would consume one less barrel of oil.
Using thinbarrier eco, Pita Pit Canada has also been able to mark its commitments towards cost-neutral, product innovation and sustainability.
