This is an old revision of the document!
Dried Herbs Bio degradable packaging for Kuckucksmühle
We want to be able to offer people who are interested in our project something to take home with them. As we have plenty of wild grown organic herbs this seemed the more obvious and sustainable choice of product.
Criteria
The packaging needs to be:
- bio based - does not contain plastic
- bio degradable
- can easily hold a minimum of 100 grams of weight
- made in accordance to food safety standards
- able to be sealed
- produced locally
- produced in a sustainable way
- affordable
- re-usable
- …
Findings
Here we examine which product provider would be the best fit for our purposes:
| Name of Company | Natürlich verpacken - Parterremedia GmbH |
|---|---|
| Product | Paper bag 55 x 175 mm, round window, kraft paper, ribbed |
| Product no. | 2321110448 |
| Criteria | Comment |
|---|---|
| bio based - does not contain plastic | Yes |
| bio degradable | Yes |
| hold a minimum of 100 grams of weight | Testing required |
| made in accordance to food safety standards | Yes |
| able to be sealed | Testing required |
| produced locally | Germany, Yes |
| produced in a sustainable way | Yes |
| affordable | Eur 0.18 (1,000), Eur 0.19 (500), Eur 0.20 (250) |
| re-usable | Yes |
| Status | Sample pending for testing |