What are the food packaging eco-friendly solutions for restaurants

Coffee in the car, noodle box at the office, a soup on the go or even a pizza delivered at home, the single use disposable packaging is everywhere in our daily lives.

Their use has even raised exponentially during the lock-down times because traditional restaurants themselves also started offering delivered or taken away meals. This way of doing which should persist because of health crisis will certainly get stuck in fixed habits. 

However, consumers, aware of the environmental impact of these new habits are more and more requesting packaging both convenient and eco-friendly.

So, what are the food packaging eco-friendly solutions for restaurants?

Food packaging : innovation challenges :

The different materials for eco-friendly food packaging

Amongst cardboard, paper, glass, bamboo, sugar cane or corn starch, how to choose the best food packaging according to the meals you want to put inside ?

Cardboard :  

Cardboard replaces more and more plastic. Considering laws which pursue to reduce single use plastic, restaurants switch more to alternative and sustainable packaging as paper and cardboard. Cardboard lightness and malleability allow converting it in food packaging with various dimensions and volumes in order to carry any food: salad, pastry, sushi, sandwich or soup.

Unlike plastic, one aspect of cardboard packaging is to be many times recyclable.

Kraft paper :

Paper is the ideal environmental solution. Natural origin, it can be recycled many times. But above all, if by mistake it is dropped in nature, it will easily deteriorate.

PLA : (PolyLactic Acid)

This material coming from lactic acid polymerization (dextrose, sugar) is different from plastic material as polyethylene and polypropylene. It comes 100% from sustainable natural resources, meaning without oil. PLA is compostable, which means bio-degradable thanks to living microorganisms. This material provides a clear visual aspect, ideal for food and beverages display.

Bamboo : 

Bamboo is a great alternative to plastic. Very strong, washable and so reusable. It can also bring a fun hint until bamboo is available in many colors. 

Bagasse : 

The sugar cane bagasse is extra strength, it can withstand cold and greasy products. It is light and easily carriable. 100% biodegradable, it’s a natural material with really interesting characteristics for restaurants. What’s more, it has a very good value money, ideally fit for fast food and food trucks.

Waste Less : a recyclable and compostable brand:

LBX-Asie has committed in a less pollutant food packaging market action. For this purpose, we have created the WasteLess brand: a recyclable and/or compostable food packaging range. 

WasteLess provides you a wide choice of sustainable packaging for delivered or taken away food. 

Our product catalog is built for food professionals searching for packaging solution for any kind of meals.

All the eco-friendly packaging solutions proposed ensure an optimal preservation for the meals sold to the clients, besides the tasting pleasure respect.

In addition to the food carriage, the WasteLess recyclable packaging is also a strong advertising driver and give a really good exposure to your brand.

LBX-Asie is your sourcing partner for eco-friendly food packaging solutions well suited to your needs.