What Makes Our Solution Unique?

PulpWorks’ Karta-Pack™ is a patent-pending, paradigm-shifting, all-pulp-and-paper recycled package. In fact, we have the first (and proprietary) solution for replacing pervasive plastic blister packaging. 

The Karta-Pack™ is safe and effortless to open, easily branded, biodegradable, and cost-competitive with plastic blister packaging. And, although it’s tamper-evident, it poses no difficulties (or injuries) upon opening, especially to seniors, our planet’s fastest growing age group.

The Karta-Pack™ is available in a variety of raw materials, textures, colors, shapes and sizes. Custom-designed for each client, it is as versatile and elegant as it is eco-friendly.

It contains no plastics of any kind, doesn’t require incineration or industrial composting to be eliminated, and can be easily discarded in curbside compost or recycling bins.

The Karta-Pack™ will reduce the content of toxic landfills as well as the harmful greenhouse gases (GHG) released by landfills.

Research and development efforts with our strategic partner, Mohawk, are focused on a new source of fiber unique to the molded fiber industry. This fiber reportedly has a higher “aspect ratio” (length-to-width ratio) than any fibers previously tested for molding applications. In the molded fiber industry, higher is clearly better.

An exclusive license for the intellectual property related to this crystalline nanocellulose (CNC) will enable PulpWorks to bring proprietary molded fiber products to the marketplace possessing significantly higher durability and moisture resistance levels. This nanotechnology will enable molded fiber to replace plastic packaging in many categories that have been, until now, completely off-limits to any materials other than plastic. PulpWorks will be first and exclusive with these new applications.

The volatile cost of petroleum as well as the high health risks associated with petroleum-based packaging has become part of the consumer consciousness. This is now a worldwide phenomenon embraced not only by consumers but also by businesses, federal, state, and local governments as well as NGO’s.

Major consumer packaged goods companies, retailers, and e-tailers – examples include Pepsi (“plant bottle”), Walmart (“Sustainability Index”), and Amazon (“Frustration-Free Packaging”) – are listening to their consumers and leading the charge for more sensible and sustainable packaging.

In choosing the PulpWorks’ packaging like the Karta-Pack™, our clients not only demonstrate their social-environmental commitment but also their recognition that choosing sustainability enhances the financial bottom line as well the environmental one.

PulpWorks is on the leading edge of this shift in the status quo to safer and healthier packaging.

Written by Paul Tasner, Co-Founder & CEO

Confused About the Chemicals in Plastic?

Not sure which chemicals are safe when it comes to plastic? We’ve found a great resource that breaks down the various plastics and their impacts on the body. Check out Breast Cancer Fund’s article, Chemicals in Plastic, for a simple and easy-to-understand ingredient list.

“Plastic is everywhere—it’s used in consumer products and packaging of all kinds. And while it solves a lot of problems for manufacturers and can seem convenient to consumers, there are also serious risks to human health and the environment from its widespread use.” Read more…

Breast Cancer Fund is an organization committed to prevention through exposing and eliminating the environmental causes of breast cancer. They are truly a fantastic resource for learning about the links between breast cancer, our health and toxic substances. They have done a ton of research and pioneered the movement to understand the ingredient lists of our everyday consumer products. Learn more about them and get involved here.