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I have 25 lives because our flexible packaging paper  can be recycled up to 25 times 

I’m no dinosaur because our flexible packaging paper is the future  

I’m better at recycling because our flexible packaging paper can be disposed of as waste paper

I’m smarter than plastic because our flexible packaging paper   is the perfect protection

Pack it in paper

When it comes to packaging, barrier paper offer the same performance as plastic for many applications. We’ll show you what barrier paper can do, how they run smoothly on existing packaging machinery, and how to successfully switch to paper. Regulatory compliance? Standardisable? Single-material? Recyclable?

Higher
recycling rate

80 %

for paper

41 %

for plastic

  • Source: Eurostat, 2024; European Paper Recycling Council, Monitoring Report 2023

Lower
CO2 emissions

CO2 emissions per tonne produced

0.9 t

for paper

6.4 t

for plastic

  • Source: Plastics Europe, Plastics – the Facts 2021 + oxidisation of PP; EcoInvent 3.6 – coated paper production + municipal incineration of paperboard; 30.08.2023

Lower
EPR costs

Example: Average EPR costs across 19 European countries

304 € / t

for paper

679 € / t

for plastic

Renewable
raw material

The area of European forests is growing every day.

1,500

Football pitches

  • Source: FAO data, 2005 – 2020

Renewable energy

Koehler meets most of its energy needs from sustainable sources

85 %

for electricity

74 %

for heating

  • Source: Koehler

100 %
sustainable

Fresh fibres at Koehler

14.9 %

controlled cultivation

85.1 %

certified sources

  • Source: Koehler 2022

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