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Parkside is celebrating after its collaboration with Dark Woods Coffee saw it earn a prestigious World Coffee Innovation Award for its remarkable compostable<\/a> coffee pouch.<\/p>\n The pouch, which took home the prize in the Packaging Innovation category, is entirely compostable, made from a home compostable flexible laminate and an industrially compostable CO2 valve. The pack is central to Dark Woods\u2019 innovative closed-loop waste management system, which saw it collect compostable waste from its customers for use in its onsite composting facilities. The resulting compost was used to fertilize gardens at its roastery near Marsden, West Yorkshire.<\/p>\n \u201cWe always take a collaborative approach to any packaging project, and the success of our partnership with Dark Woods shows why,\u201d said Paul McKeown, Group Sales Director at Parkside. \u201cThe team at Dark Woods had a clear vision of a zero-waste closed loop for their packaging, and all they were missing was that final piece of the puzzle \u2013 the packaging itself.<\/p>\n \u201cThe finished pack uses our Park2Nature\u2122 material<\/a>, which keeps the coffee beans fresh and the aromas locked inside. Meanwhile, the compostable valve lets fugitive CO2 emissions from the roasted beans out, without letting air in,\u201d McKeown continued. \u201cIt was a real pleasure to work closely with the team at Dark Woods to solve that puzzle with our packaging solution, which combines great performance and functionality with sustainability.<\/p>\n \u201cThis awards success is poignant given much of the work that went into this creative partnership was driven by the late Paul Lenihan, our Sales Account Manager who sadly passed away earlier this year. Paul elevated everyone and everything he worked on, and this pack is no exception \u2013 and this wouldn\u2019t have been possible without him.\u201d<\/p>\n The award win comes amidst a string of successes for both Parkside and Dark Woods. Parkside solutions were nominated for five other awards in recent weeks including three Packaging News Awards, a Flexotech Award, and a Stationers\u2019 Innovation Award. Dark Woods, meanwhile, struck gold at the Great Taste Awards 2024, taking home 22 Great Taste Awards plus a Golden Fork prize for Better Business.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a testament to the vision of our brilliant team, and the experts at Parkside who bought into our vision completely,\u201d said Damian Blackburn, Director at Dark Woods. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to sourcing and roasting the best coffee in the world, but we\u2019re also proud of our efforts to positively impact our community and environment. Our circular packaging strategy is central to those efforts, and we want to thank Parkside for making our vision into reality.\u201d<\/p>\n To learn more about Parkside and its award-winning flexible packaging solutions, please visit www.parksideflex.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n