ENVIRONMENTAL LABELLING OF PACKAGING BY DUNAPACK®

The DUNA Group and DUNAPACK®, the Division specialized in on-demand polyurethane foam, air and paper packaging, have always been committed to operating in full respect of ethical values, people and the environment, as demonstrated by the many product and process certifications earned and reconfirmed over the years.

At DUNAPACK® we strive every day to develop new and more sustainable packaging, providing packaging systems with top efficiency and low environmental impact and continuously improving the sustainability of our business operations. Our commitment to sustainable innovation covers all the three DUNAPACK® lines: Air In Place cushions, Paper In Place packaging and Foam In Place protection systems.

Since 2018 the Air in Place cushions range can count on the TEO film, made of PLA and therefore totally compostable, biodegradable and easily disposable as organic waste, as proven by the TÜV OK Compost Industrial UNI EN 13432 certification. Then in 2022 we launched the regenerated RIO cushion made of 70% recycled plastic, designed to reduce the consumption of virgin raw material. To reduce the environmental impact of transporting and handling our packaging even further, we completed the transition from the traditional supply in reels to handy ready-to-inflate reams, doubling this way the number of bags contained per pack. Our Green focus has been reasserted also in our polyurethane Foam in Place range with the introduction of the new MiniStorage system that replaces conventional polyurethane foam drums with larger capacity IBC tanks, and the launch of the new IBC drum and tank washing plant to recover industrial packaging used by the DUNA Group or our customers in order to reduce plastic and metal consumption. Also the Paper in Place packaging range features an array of Ranpak filling and protective solutions, made of post-consumer and post-industrial recycled material. The recycled packaging is all FSC® certified and has the specific goal of slowing down the process of deforestation.

Developing more and more environmentally sustainable packaging solutions is not enough in itself. We believe in the importance of guiding customers and end-consumers in the choice of such solutions and clearly instructing them how to properly dispose of end-of-life packaging. With this in mind, in 2022 we updated the printing of all films in our Air In Place cushion and the Foam In Place packaging ranges, anticipating the entry into force of Italian Legislative Decree 116/2020 on environmental labelling by several months. In practice, the new law transposes EU Directives 2018/851 and 2018/852 on waste and packaging management in Italy, requiring manufacturers, local distributors and other parties to apply identification labels to packaging (primary, secondary and tertiary). The CONAI Guidelines on environmental labelling were written to fulfil this obligation and recognise the possibility of using digital channels to replace or supplement the information provided directly on the packaging.

Environmental labelling table for Foam in Place range

* for each packaging you can find the material code and the instructions for correct disposal

Environmental labelling table for Air in Place range

* for each packaging you can find the material code and the instructions for correct disposal

Environmental labelling table for Paper in Place range

* for each packaging you can find the material code and the instructions for correct disposal

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