PAPACKS® Refill Caps
WINS 2022 WORLDSTAR SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING SPECIAL AWARD
2022 WORLDSTARSUSTAINABLE PACKAGINGSPECIAL AWARDSILVER WINNER

2022

PAPACKS® Refill Caps
PAPACKS® Sales GmbH.
KEY FEATURES

Refillable & Reusable Design

Reduces Single Use Plastics

Moulded Fiber Renewable Material

Minimises Product Waste

Closed Loop Collection Program

Recyclable Tubs

Eliminates Problematic Materials

PAPACKS
PACKAGING BY NATURE®

PAPACKS ® is a sustainable packaging company specialisingin environmentally friendly moulded fiber packaging solutions
made from virgin fiber. With its current know-how, PAPACKS®
is pioneering as the innovator of the moulded fiber industry,
introducing renewable raw materials, plant-based coatings andunique solutions which are directly applicable in modern circular
economy concepts.

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2022 WORLDSTARSUSTAINABLE PACKAGINGSPECIAL AWARDSILVER WINNER

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In the context of your award-winning packaging

This maximises the life of the packaging materials

innovation, what do you see as Sustainable

involved, minimises packaging waste, and reduces

Packaging? How does this pack stand out?

environmental impact.

First and foremost, sustainable packaging must fulfill

What would you say were the decision-making

its main purpose: They must protect the product.

drivers (Internal and External) influencing thisAfter all, product losses due to damage have theaward-winning packaging design? Did your client

greatest impact on the CO footprint.

or the consumers request the changes?

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In addition, sustainable packaging takes the entire
value chain they pass through into account. Startingwith renewable raw materials, efficient as well as low
CO production processes all the way to the recycling

Simple, understandable, and circular. Three words
that guided the packaging design of the PAPACKS®
Refill Caps.

2and reutilisation of the packaging materials used.

On the one hand, the PAPACKS ® Refill Caps had
to be easy and efficient to integrate into existing

The keyword here is the closed loop concept ofproduction processes and economic chains to allow

packaging. Accordingly, the packaging has fulfilledcosmetics companies to switch easily and to minimise

this circular economy concept with the PAPACKS®

the CO2 footprint of the packaging products.

Refill Caps by implementing a refill system.

On the other hand, the packaging design should be

After the product contents have been used, theintuitive, so consumers directly understand the refill

PAPACKS® Refill Caps, which are made of recyclable

concept of Refill Caps. Thus, cosmetic companies

and compostable fibers, can simply be replaced,

can offer a transparent and comprehensible concept

so that the cream jar can be reused, and thefor creams.

disposed Refill Cap can be recycled in waste paper

Finally, the reusability of the packaging materials

or completely composted.

was the foundation for the packaging design.

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What benefits does this new design offer your business/your client’s business and the end consumers?
Why is the pack more sustainable?
The PAPACKS ® Refill Caps are moulded fiber containers made from renewable raw materials, such as
cellulose or tree fiber (pure paper fiber), and are recyclable, recyclable and compostable. The advantage ofthe moulded fiber is that it can be made from a wide variety of cellulose materials. In this way, the current
problem of excessive plastic consumption for packaging can be solved, and extensive deforestation for
paper-based packaging can be avoided as a preventive measure.
For consumers, the refill concept offers the same convenience as conventional cream jars - at the sametime, a positive contribution to environmental protection can easily be made by replacing the refill cap
after use and continuing to use the cream jar.
Companies therefore benefit from an understandable and sustainable concept that results in greater
customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.
What volumes of materials, packaging and waste have you saved by designing this new packaging?
Did you do this through changing materials, light weighting, recycled content, making the packs
recyclable, compostable or reusable?
The PAPACKS® Refill Caps achieves significant CO2 savings and packaging waste generated by the disposalof conventional cream jars is strongly reduced, as the lifespan of the cream jar is maximised by the refill
concept. A refill application alone saves more CO2 than any other solution after the first replacement andmultiplies by 4 times with each subsequent replacement.
Furthermore, in contrast to conventional cream jars, product contents can be packed lighter and more
space-saving by the Refill Caps. This reduces the transport weight and, due to the smaller packaging
volume, proportionally more product contents can be transported and stored.

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PAPACKS® Refill Caps
How much on-pack and off-pack information do

What does your company have planned in theyou provide the consumers? e.g.: QR/2d codes,

future? Any new innovations on the horizon?

recycling logos, certifications, links to websites,labelling on pack, how to correctly dispose ofthe packaging/components?

PAPACKS ® plant-based coating represents oneof the companies’ latest innovations for thepackaging world. It is a barrier coating that is

As a company, PAPACKS ® have a special

fully recyclable and based on vegetable waxes

responsibility for the preservation of the global

and polysaccharides. It was specifically developed

natural basis of life and the careful use of resources

for fiber based packaging to substitute coatings

through our actions. PAPACKS ® therefore want tomade of plastics. Fiber based packaging canavoid harming the environment and ecosystems andtherefore avoid the use of a thin plastic layer

preserve biodiversity. In doing so, they rely on naturalfor coating, which can massively increase theresources and renewable raw materials and take therecyclability of all fiber based packaging. At theentire value chain into account. Even after the end

same time, the sorting effort in recycling plantsof their useful life, the goal is to reuse raw materials

is reduced, making the entire packaging market

from packaging in cycles. Continuous improvement

more sustainable.

of the sustainability of all of the Papack’s products,
services and manufacturing processes are a centralcomponent of their actions.
Furthermore, companies can design the Refill
Caps packaging individually and provide relevant
consumer information, such as FSC® certifications
or instructions for proper disposal etc.
What do you feel will be needed to further improvepackaging design in your country and also globallyin the future? (e.g. education, investment, policy/legislation, technology, etc?)
In order to optimise packaging in a sustainable way
for any economic sector, it is necessary to invest
in the education and research of new innovative
packaging solutions and recycling systems. For
example, it must be possible to integrate all
packaging materials into existing and, in the future,
newly developed disposal and recycling systems toact in the sense of the circular economy.
Furthermore, the approach towards packaging
must be redefined. Packaging must be viewed bysociety not only as a device for product protection,
which fulfills its purpose as soon as the product has
been unpacked. It must be seen as a future raw
material depot whose lifespan extends far beyond
a single use.
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PACKAGING AWARD2022 WORLDSTARSUSTAINABLE PACKAGINGSPECIAL AWARDSILVER WINNERPAPACKS® Refill Caps
What does winning global WorldStar Packaging Award mean to you and your team?
Manuel Leibrock, Chief Marketing
Officer, PAPACKS ® says, “PAPACKS ®
is proud to be a multiple winner of thelargest and most prestigious global
packaging competition. The WorldStarPackaging Awards recognises thebest of the best. Seeing PAPACKS ®
packaging solutions honoured with
one of the most relevant awards showsthat we are on the right track to shapea more sustainable future.”

WorldStar Packaging AwardsOwned & Operated by the World Packaging Organisation the WorldStarPackaging Awards is the preeminent awards program in the world.
Only packaging that has won recognition in a recognised national orregional competition, either in the present year or the previous year iseligible to apply for WorldStar Competition. Currently, 73 competitions
from 39 countries and regions are recognised by WPO as qualifying forentry to the WorldStar Packaging Awards program.
There are 18 General award categories and 5 special awards including
Accessible Packaging Design, Marketing, Sustainable Packaging Design,
Packaging that Saves Food and the President’s Award.

WorldStar Special Award - Sustainability
The WorldStar Sustainable Packaging Design Special Awardis designed to recognise companies that have developed innovative
packaging solutions that incorporate sustainability considerations. Allentries are judged on Sustainable Packaging Design considerations
such as social impact, material, source reduction, energy and recovery.
www.worldstar.org

About The World Packaging Organisation
WORLDPACKAGINGORGANISATION

The World Packaging Organisation is a non-profit, non-governmental,
international federation of national packaging institutes and associations,regional packaging federations and other interested parties including
corporations and trade associations.
www.worldpackaging.org
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