Mono-material, recycle-ready film launched for pet food packaging

Berry Global and VOID Technologies have collaborated to commercialize a new high-performance polyethylene (PE) film designed for pet food packaging. This innovative film delivers superior strength, toughness, and puncture resistance, enabling an all-PE solution suitable for store drop-off recycling.

The mono-material, recycle-ready film for pet food packaging.

Pet food applications present unique challenges due to demanding physical and organoleptic requirements. The two partners combine their expertise in packaging to overcome the challenges.

The collaboration leverages VOID’s patented VO+ technology, utilizing its 1300 Series PE Voiding Agents and Berry Global’s proprietary film formulation and MDO process knowledge.

This unique combination creates cavitated micro-scale air pockets in the film, reducing plastic density and boosting opacity. This technology allows manufacturers to produce high-performance films with improves toughness for high-abuse, demanding applications in flexible packaging.

At the same time, the film requires less plastic, reducing CO2 emissions and waste while maintaining compliance with direct food contact standards in North America and Europe.

Berry and VOID continue working to expand the impact of their collaboration while exploring other market applications.