Hydropaper

Water-resistant paper that is compostable. Is collected in the old paper. Koen Pack has developed a number of sleeves with this material, especially for plants. But much more for flowers.

Kraft paper

Kraft paper is a very strong type of paper made from wood chips from coniferous wood. The wood chips mainly come from tree species such as spruce and pine, because they have a long fiber. This long fiber ensures the strength and high quality of the paper. During the processing of wood fiber into paper pulp, the natural binding agent lignin is separated from the cellulose, resulting in a very pure product. The kraft paper used for our products is unbleached and has a natural brown color. The paper is wet-strong and, due to its pure composition, very suitable for recycling and composting. Because the material is made from fast-growing tree species, the product is also very durable.

Linear economy

A system in which raw materials are converted into products that are destroyed at the end of their lifespan.

Litter

Waste on the street, on the roadside or in ditches and lakes. It is annoyance number one and is also bad for nature, people and animals.

Micro beads

Tiny plastic balls that are used in beauty products such as toothpaste, day cream and shower gel.

CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility, an organization that focuses on sustainability and new business models. More information about MVO Nederland.

Natural materials

Product whose ingredients come from nature, such as tree bark, pine cones or birch bark.

NGO

Non Governmental Organisation, examples are foundations such as Greenpeace and Amnesty International.

OK Compost

The Belgian quality mark OK Compost is printed on bags, covers and trays made of compostable plastic. The advice is to throw bioplastic with the OK Compost logo in the trash bin. It only composts after 12 weeks in a special composting machine. In practice, organic waste is only in such a machine in the Netherlands for 1 to 2 weeks and pieces of plastic are left behind in the compost. This is not desirable.

PET

Polyethylene Terephthalate, is used for plastic drinking bottles. Because there is deposit on it, the recycling process is well designed for this material.

PLA

Polylactic Acid, a bioplastic made from renewable sources such as corn, this is not at the expense of food because the stems and leaves are used for production. It is a compostable raw material when it can remain in a professional composting installation for more than 10 weeks. In the Netherlands the process is shorter, so it is preferable to throw it in the gray bin.

Plant passport

A plant passport is a collection of mandatory information that must be documented when all plants intended for planting within the European Union (EU) are traded. It shows the identity and origin of the shipment and makes it possible to trace the original producer. A plant passport has a fixed format. The presence of a plant passport proves that the producer complies with the applicable rules and requirements set out in the European Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and that the company falls under an inspection regime of an inspection service.

Plastic

It consists of chemical compounds produced by non-natural chemical processes. The raw material is often hydrocarbon, which comes from petroleum, a fossil fuel. Some examples are PP, PET, PS, LDPE and HDPE. Nowadays there are also plastics made from renewable materials such as PLA.

Plastic Pact

A lot of plastic floats in the sea, from large pieces on the water to almost invisible pieces of microplastics under water. This is called the plastic soup. There are various organizations active in combating this. If you want to know more about this, take a look at Plastic Soup Foundation.

Plastic soup

The Plastic Pact NL has been signed by a crowd of parties from the plastic chain. The ambitions of the Plastic Pact NL certainly do not lie. To give an example: by 2025, all single-use plastic products and packaging must be 100 percent recyclable. The amount of plastic that we use in the Netherlands must have fallen by 20 percent in the same year and 70 percent of one-off plastic products must be recycled in high quality by that time.

To achieve those objectives, a chain approach is required, the Pact states. In other words: important steps can be taken during the design, use and recycling phase. The pact emphasizes the importance of a simplified chain, so that plastic products and packaging can be recycled more efficiently and with higher quality.Source: Duurzaam Bedrijfsleven.

Quality mark

Mark as proof of inspection and / or indication of a certain quality.

Recycling / recycling / recyclable

Reusing materials. Watch this informative video from the Klokhuis about how that works in practice.