Dry molded fiber by Pulpac

The dry molded fiber process, developed by Pulpac, removes most of the water from paper pulp moulding, which helps to increase efficiency, reduce cycle time, and minimise carbon footprint. An independently-validated LCA concluded that dry molded fibre single use cutlery had a carbon footprint of 0.66 kgCO2e/kg – at the low end of moulded pulp. The process uses regular mechanically ground wood fibre pulp, which is air laid to form a nonwoven web, barriers are applied to meet application requirements (coated for water repellency, for example), and it is hot-pressed into three-dimensional products. Applications include packaging and single use cutlery. Image Pulpac.