Essity for a Circular Economy ’I’m for the second chance’ A project by Essity Italy, made in Collodi, for an innovative tissue paper, able to give a ’second chance’ to food waste

A Project 100% made in Italy High quality tissue paper produced with alternative fibers coming from food waste (organges, corn and coffee). An industrial symbiosis project, born thanks to the collaboration with Favini using the Crush technology. Designed to reduce its environmental impact and give a new life, a ‘Second Chance’ to food waste, in a circular economy. Alternative fibers substitute up to 15% of the cellulose coming from trees.

Description of the project Essity, which has made sustainability one of its pillars, has designed a project that shows effectively how a company can work in the context of a circular economy. Essity manufactures high-quality tissue paper (thanks to the industrial symbiosis with Favini and the Crush technology) by reusing secondary raw material coming from the agro-industrial sector – for example the orange peel, corn-cob  and coffee bean leftovers that, otherwise, would be going to scraping. Those materials can replace the virgin fiber coming from trees up to 15% and its origin is wholly Italian. In this innovative process the food waste is given a ‘second chance’ as primary source for the production of high-quality, eco-friendly tissue paper. Essity is able to both reuse sources destined to waste and reduce at the same time its impact on forests, in a virtuous cycle. Essity uses this innovative technology to produce napkins, kitchen rolls, hankies and toilet paper, all biodegradable, biocompostable and 100% Italian.