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NOVUS® Select green
air cushion material

Our NOVUS green air cushions are the right choice for the environment and for protecting your valuable shipments.

Eco-Friendly Packaging
Our NOVUS Select green air cushion options give you unparalleled versatility to protect the products you ship.

Our NOVUS Select green air cushion material is ISO 9001 certified, which meets the ever-growing customer demand for the highest level of quality in packing material. Our NOVUS Select green air cushions are made from 100% recyclable material and can be recycled and reused. If not recycled, our NOVUS Select green air cushions contain a proprietary additive, which will allow the product to degrade in the presence of microorganisms in 1 to 5 years or more, depending on conditions, when in the presence of microorganisms.

This material is designed with FP International’s patented, innovative air transfer technology that allows air movement (transfer) within cushions during shipment. This movement acts as a shock absorber to provide continuous protection. Air bags without air transfer technology can transmit shock and damage products during shipment.

 

NOVUS green air cushions are eco friendly, protective packaging products

Our NOVUS Select green air cushions
♦ Better for the Environment
♦ Better for Your Business
♦ Better for Your Customers

 

Our NOVUS Select green air cushions provide versatility and superior protection

Our NOVUS Select green air cushions are an excellent economical packing solution to block and brace, top-fill, line boxes, wrap products, interleave items or for void fill.

NOVUS Supertube® cushions for lining and corners
NOVUS Quilt-Air® Small cushions for wrapping

NOVUS Double Cushion® to block & brace
NOVUS Quilt-Air® Large cushions to interleave

 

Sustainable packaging solutions in protective packaging products

The tenets of reduce, reuse and recycle have been a part of our company's philosophy since it was established in 1967. A lifecycle analysis of our products is part of our primary concern and why we emphasize design and innovative technologies. In the event our air cushions are not reused or recycled, they will biodegrade. A lifecycle analysis of our products is part of our primary concern and why we emphasize design and innovative technologies. In the event our air cushions are not reused or recycled, they will biodegrade.

This FP biodegradable additive does not affect the performance or the shelf life of our product, because biodegradation only occurs in the presence of microorganisms which are present in landfills, home and commercial composting, and other areas where they exist in nature. The products will biodegrade in aerobic (with air) and anaerobic (without air) conditions.

Eco-Friendly Packaging
Our biodegradable air cushions deliver a cost-effective, durable bubble material to your customers, providing superior product cushioning and protection. It simultaneously provides an environmentally responsible product that is lightweight, recyclable, reusable and biodegradable.

All of our air cushions can be deflated and recycled with plastic bags. For recycling, you also have the option of returning deflated cushions to us at: FP International Recycling Program, 16850 South Canal St., Thornton, Illinois, 60476.

Sustainable Benefits of our Products Include:

  1. Made from 100% recyclable material.

  2. Raw material reduction through improved manufacturing practices.

  3. Reduced excess packaging with boxless shipments.

  4. Can be recycled.

  5. Cushions are reusable. If not reused, when deflated, only 1% of the material is left to recycle. Please recycle.

  6. Packaging made on site greatly reduces the transport impact on the environment.

  7. Meets EN 13427 Standard for Compliance.

  8. Our Green films are biodegradable, containing a proprietary additive, which will allow the product to degrade in the presence of microorganisms in 1 to 5 years or more depending on conditions. Because conditions vary from place to place and landfill to landfill, the exact time for degradation varies depending upon the level of microbial activity.

Our manufacturing facilities are also ISO 9001: 2008 Certified.


Environmental Commitment
FP International has a substantial record of environmental achievements. In 1990, FP International was the first company to recycle post-consumer, polystyrene foam packaging and use the recycled material to make new loosefill from 100% recycled material. FP International received national recognition with the Administrator’s Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency, and also received numerous state and local awards for environmental commitment and recycling programs. As of 2009, the company has recycled in excess of 140 million pounds of expanded polystyrene worldwide.

Please see this link for more information about our frequently asked questions regarding Biodegradability

 

For more sustainable packaging solutions see our other innovative cushioning products
For more eco-friendly packaging options see our:
SUPER 8® green loosefill packing peanuts
CELL-O® green air cushions
PILLOW PAK green on-demand bubble
EZ Double Cushion™ Small green air cushions


For more information about our products call 800-888-3725 or Contact Us online.
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