This year, Berry Global will launch at EDANA’s Outlook 2019 conference a new portfolio of sustainable nonwovens, films, laminates and elastic films specifically engineered to meet the growing demand for less material usage and for more recyclable, natural, or bio-based content in the hygiene and personal care industries.

Sof-Flex Ultra is Berry’s disruptive patented downgauging technology of breathable films and laminates with up to 25% total resin usage reduction. Sof-Flex Ultra is a revolutionary lower cost-in-use solution that maintains superior breathability and performance in backsheet applications. Elastipro is a new generation of recyclable lightweight elastic films, optimized to deliver the same performance to standard elastic films with reduced material utilization; designed with both the consumer and environment in mind. Airten Enviro is a line of carded nonwoven solutions that contain materials made from cotton or PLA sources. The enhanced Airten  Enviro Cotton offers maximum softness and bulkiness through the use of lofty multiple staple fibers with up to 15% cotton content.

Also included in the launch are Betel, discreet and soft, single wrap films for femcare applications with polymers made from renewable sources’  Viridee, a portfolio of breathable and non-breathable backsheet films with the same performance as standard breathable films produced with 100% bio-based non-petroleum formulation, Norec diaper bags made with 30% recycled content as well as other bio-based materials that meet environmental and sustainability targets by combining polymers from non-fossil sources with fossil-based feedstock.

As part of its commitment to its mission, ‘Always Advancing to Protect What’s Important,’ Berry partners with its hygiene partners to provide them with innovative sustainable solutions. As a leading producer of nonwovens, films and laminates, the company has defined three key sustainable product improvements areas in hygiene—lightweighting, sustainable materials and circularity or designing products that can be easily recyclable, reusable or compostable.