Lotte Food Introduces Eco-Friendly Packaging for Ice Cream and Ready-to-Eat Meals

Lotte Food Papico with eco-friendly packaging, frozen HMR product. (Photo by Lotte Food)

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Lotte Foods announced on the 13th that, as part of its ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management, it is introducing eco-friendly packaging materials for ice cream, home meal replacements (HMR), and other products.

First launched in 1981 and celebrating its 40th anniversary, Ppapiro is the first in the ice cream industry to adopt green-certified packaging. The nationally certified green certification system is a program that certifies and supports promising green technologies or businesses based on the Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth.

Ppapiro uses film packaging materials that apply green technology verified by the government and has also applied the green certification mark to its products. By using eco-friendly ink on the packaging, it plans to reduce the use of harmful organic solvents, which are environmental pollutants, by about 39 tons annually.

For frozen HMR packages, it applies film made from recycled PET material (r-PET) for the first time in the food industry. This is a proactive response to the Ministry of Environment’s policy to increase the use of recycled raw materials to 30% by 2030. Through collaboration with Lotte Central Research Institute, Lotte Aluminum, and Kolon Industries, r-PET was applied at 80% to the outermost surface printing film of the package. This is expected to reduce the use of about 10 tons of virgin (new) plastic annually.

In addition, various eco-friendly packages are being introduced, including ▲applying recycled resin to Pasteur milk delivery boxes ▲using paper cups for spoonable yogurt ▲renewing LB-9 milk from existing plastic bottles to eco-friendly paper packs ▲introducing ABC juice separable ECO Tetra Top ▲using eco-friendly ice packs.

Lotte Foods plans to strengthen eco-friendly management across all areas of its business, including product development, sales activities, and production processes, in addition to introducing eco-friendly packaging. Earlier this month, it announced plans to replace all sales vehicles with electric vehicles within the first half of the year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from sales activities.

A Lotte Foods official said, “We are strengthening internal and external collaboration with Lotte Central Research Institute, Lotte Aluminum, and partner companies to expand eco-friendly packaging,” adding, “We will continue research and efforts for various eco-friendly practices in the future.”

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