Cartamela - Apple paper from South Tyrol
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More than 400,000 tonnes of fruit waste are produced throughout the EU every year. Until now, this pomace has always had to be disposed of because it cannot be spread on the fields or used as animal feed due to the danger of fungus.
In 2003, Albert Volcan, the chief executive of the Italian company "Eco apple", which specialises in biorecycling, developed a process that ensures innovative and sustainable recycling of the apple peels. The Cartamela apple paper comes from South Tyrol, a region famous for its apples.
Accordingly, a lot of apple pomace accumulates here every year, which is processed into paper by the Frumat company, which holds the patent for Cartamela.
To produce the apple paper, the cellulose-containing fruit residues are dried and ground and then processed into eco-paper. This paper is just as resistant as conventional recycled paper and can be printed and processed just as well.
Incidentally, apple paper does not smell or taste of apples. It is also not apple-green, but corresponds to normal paper. Apple paper can be used to make greeting cards or books, for example.
