The latest food packaging technology has provided a major development for the sustainable punnets and trays. Westpak Group Ltd launched a series of new punnet and tray designs offering grocery retailers and their suppliers paper-based alternatives to plastic punnets.

Westpak has undertaken a series of testing and refinement processes to ensure the most seamless integration of this new material technology for the grocery industry’s long-standing dependence. The new range consists of a 500g microflute punnet and a 250g pressboard produce tray, both of which are fully recyclable and offer the option of bespoke branding. 

The 500g microflute also has side ventilation holes, in this way being able to be heat enclosed in as little as half a second and the additional environmental benefit of being manufactured from recycled content.

The Managing Director at Westpak Group Ltd, commented: “The development of our heat seal card punnets really lies at the core of what Westpak is all about – innovation that is firmly rooted around driving long-term sustainability enhancements across the food packaging industry. The development of this new technology is something the industry and consumers alike have been eagerly anticipating for quite some time and we’re proud to be at the forefront of this change. The potential for this technology to be utilized across the industry represents a significant step forward in helping some of the best-known retailers work towards their ambitious corporate sustainability goals.”