Italian companies that produce paper from fruit and vegetable waste

Among the things that work in Italy there is the niche of industries that produce paper or paper-based materials using fruit and vegetable waste or agro-food residuesThese are the most interesting ones:

favini

An historic Italian paper mill, active for centuries in Rossano Veneto, in the province of Vicenza. It is known for its line Crush, an ecological paper that incorporates a good percentage of fibres from agro-industrial waste such as apple peels citrus fruits, corn, olives, almonds, hazelnuts, kiwis and other plant fractions residual from food processing.

Frumat

This enterprise based in Bolzano which uses waste from apples (peels and cores from the processing of juices and other products) to produce innovative materials such as Apple paper, a type of paper with a percentage of apple fiber, used for bags, packaging and household paper.

Cosmec & InKarta

An Italian technology for sustainable paper materials used in fruit and vegetable packaging (Kraft paper and low impact materials). InKarta was founded in Cesena, Romagna, by professionals with extensive experience in fruit and vegetable automation and packaging.

Ship Paper Mill

The company based in Nave, in the province of Brescia, stands out for the production of an innovative and sustainable cardboard designed specifically for the packaging of fruit and vegetable and food products.

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