By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : May 06, 2025 5:35 pm
Home-compostable solution extends end-of-life options for paper packaging and supports organics recycling
Extrusion coating specialist Metpack, Istanbul, now offers coated paper and paperboard which is certified home-compostable. Metpack’s paper Ezycompost benefits from a coating with BASF’s ecovio 70 PS14H6.
The biopolymer is certified home-compostable and adds several functional advantages to paper for food packaging: It is food-contact approved (FDA) and shows excellent barrier properties against liquids, fats, grease, and mineral oil as well as temperature stability at boiling water (up to 100°C).
This combination of proven compostability and excellent performance gives paper packaging manufacturers and food brands the certainty that food packaging articles made of Ezycompost can be safely used by consumers and create no persistent mircoplastics in home compost after usage. The new home-compostable solution thus supports organics recycling of food waste and helps to close the nutrient loop to achieve a circular economy.
“With Ezycompost, we can offer the food industry the best of both worlds when it comes to coated paper packaging”, says Sühan Gürer, Vice President sales and new project development at Metpack. “It has the same strength as PE-coated paper but with the added benefit that it is certified compostable and creates no persistent microplastics in organic or paper waste streams. Its faster processing and home-compostability is a double advantage compared to coatings made of PLA, which is industrial compostable only. This all enables the food packaging industry to differentiate their products without compromise on performance and quality as well as reach their sustainability targets.” Metpack’s paper solution is certified up to a grammage of 334 gsm in total composition.
After usage, food packaging made of Ezycompost coated with ecovio 70 PS14H6 can be composted in garden home compost according to national legislation. Thus, BASF’s home-compostable ecovio extends the end-of-life options for paper food packaging. “Our ecovio 70 PS14H6 is also industrial compostable and performs well in paper recycling”, says Michael Bernhard Schick from global marketing Biopolymers at BASF.