SCGC, Prepack, and PFP Collaboration on Recyclable Packaging for Frozen Food

In recent years, the climate change, resulting from steadily increased GHG emissions, causes numerous catastrophic weather conditions that affects people’s living. Consumers gradually change behaviors to cope with the problem, they pay higher attention to their packaging selection to be more sustainable.  Consequently, businesses response by creating more innovations to serve the needs. SCGC, one of the renowned companies that relentlessly strives for developing products for sustainability, collaborates with Prepack and PFP to launch new recyclable packaging for frozen food.

From sustainable vision of Pacific Fish Processing Company (PFP), the leading company of Thailand in managing the complete seafood processing business, manufacturing and selling frozen seafood products under brand “PFP”, has commitment of “PFP offers more than delicious value”, focusing on food for future with strong mission to sustainable products and packaging with target to change all packaging to be recyclable. 

SCGC and Prepack, our key partner with parallel passion on sustainability, collaborate to launch MDOPE Film (Machine Direction Oriented Polyethylene Film), from “SCGC™ HDPE H619F” resin, offering outstanding high heat resistance hence can replace Nylon Film (or BOPA) in printing layer, making total packaging mono-material for effective recycle process.

Remarks: *GHG Emissions from Raw material + Processing + End of life treatment

This new whole-polyethylene-structured packaging will help reduce more than 40%* GHG emissions and will be first launched with frozen fish tofu products, the flagship products first pioneered by FPF 30 years ago, in November 2023. SCGC is open and enthusiastic about exploring various aspects of sustainable packaging across value chain, contact us for further information or collaboration opportunities at foodbev_pkg@scg.com