Post-consumer recycled material in flexible packages comprising absorbent articles
OwnerDries Cobbaert, Bart Janseninventors
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Abstract
A package comprising a bag and a stack of absorbent articles, wherein the bag comprises a multilayer plastic film, in particular multilayer plastic composite film, based on plastic recyclate (recycled plastic). The plastic film has a plastic recycled content of at least 50 wt. % based on the plastic film. The one or more absorbent articles comprise at least 5 wt. % of recycled content based on the total weight of the absorbent article excluding the absorbent core material. The package has an eco-factor of at least 0.05 according to the method herein.
Claims20
A package comprising a bag (10) and a stack of absorbent articles (100) having absorbent core material (30),
- wherein the bag (10) comprises a multilayer plastic composite film based on plastic recyclate,
- wherein the plastic film has a plastic recycled content of at least 50 wt. % based on the plastic film,
- wherein one or more absorbent articles (100) comprise at least 5 wt. % of recycled content based on the total weight of the absorbent article (100) excluding the absorbent core (30) material;
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- an eco-factor of at least 0.05 according to the method herein.
A package comprising a bag (10) and a stack of absorbent articles (100) selected from group consisting of disposable diapers and pants,
- wherein the bag (10) comprises a multilayer plastic composite film based on plastic recyclate,
- wherein the plastic film has a plastic recycled content of at least 80 wt. % (% by weight) based on the plastic film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.