At present, about 200billion paper cups are consumed in the world every year, but the recycling of paper cups will incur high costs or greatly reduce the quality of paper fibers. The paper cups with evcote coating are recycled, but the quality of paper fiber is intact, which means that these cups can be used to produce other paper products. Even in some cases, evcote paint makes paper fibers stronger. Another advantage of this technology is that it enables the paper mill to recycle 100% of the waste paper generated in the production process of paper cups, and all of these waste papers were originally sent to the landfill, which will bring great cost savings to the paper cup mill.
95% of the raw materials of evcote coating come from environmental protection and renewable materials, which can make the paper surface waterproof, grease proof and moisture proof. The technology can also be applied to many other products, such as corrugated boxes, folding boxes, beverage boxes and food packaging. Gil Sherman, business development manager of AkzoNobel paper coating, added: “for paper cup manufacturers, paper is a very high single cost, so the recycling of waste paper means a win-win situation of economic and environmental benefits. Through the development of bio based pet evcote technology, we have provided customers with a substitute for petroleum based PE (polyethylene) film, which means that we can get rid of our dependence on the oil supply chain.
