Cama Group Leads the Transition from Plastic to Sustainable Paper Packaging

Cama Group is driving sustainability by shifting from plastic to carton-based paper packaging, aligning with eco-design principles and upcoming EU regulations. The company is focusing on automating processes, offering innovative cardboard solutions, and ensuring recyclability.

Published Date: 20 November 2025
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From Plastic to Paper: Cama Group Leads the Sustainable Packaging Transition

Cama Group is driving sustainability through its new green packaging projects to meet emerging sustainability regulations that sharply focus on transitioning from plastics to carton-based materials and paper. Cama Group has always prioritized flexibility and sustainability in each packaging line. The Cama’s mission is to support customers by navigating the continuous, fluctuating regulatory and market demands with packaging solutions built to realize and drive environmental and performance responsibility.

Via trimmed automation systems, the company largely supports its move from manual to automated operations. This will eventually shift from plastic to paper packaging, aligning material choices with eco-design requirements and circular-economy principles.

The upcoming European Union Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations (PPWR) are all prepared for full usage by 2030. As a result, manufacturers are under heavy pressure to produce packaging that can be reused, composted, and recycled. Cama’s committed Packaging Laboratory offers foresight and advice to help clients (customers) structure packaging in line with the required standards that maintain shelf appeal and product integrity.

The Cama’s Sustainability Program is more than a machinery design, as it covers and explains the holistic view from the materials acquired via product end-of-life. To further ensure that each component of the packaging line supports improvements in recyclability and mitigates emissions and waste. The Cama’s packaging design team has developed a creative cardboard carton that mimics the operation of traditional plastic flow packs and maintains a familiar shape. This will enable brands to continue with their hyped visual identity while discarding single-use plastics.

The design integrates seamlessly with existing tertiary packaging operations and has performed spectacularly in trials. This is a proven excellence that promotes sustainability and aligns with operational and marketing goals. Cama’s challenge is to deliver solutions that meet targets while ensuring product protection, a positive consumer experience, and agility.

Cama has invested heavily for years in achieving the required balance, which demands expanded R&D insights and deep technical understanding. Given the need and importance of primary packaging systems, Cama is upgrading its mono-material secondary packaging systems. By making sure the labels and adhesives use the same chemical family as the main material, the whole package can be recycled in a single stream. This makes collection easier, reduces contamination, and improves overall recycling efficiency.

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