RECOU

The natural styrofoam of tomorrow

Ecologically and economically sound protective packaging made from grain residues. Natural, stable, aesthetic and mouldable as required.

Stable & Shock-Absorbing

Impressive load-bearing properties protect against impacts and cushion sensitive packaged goods

Eco-Friendly & Plastic-Free

Home and industrially compostable. No plastics, grain husks with organic binder only

Customizable & Versatile

Can be moulded into any shape for custom-fit protective packaging according to individual customer requirements

RECOU: Das ökologische Polstermaterial

Ökologisch und ökonomisch vernünftige Verpackungslösungen aus Getreidespelzen – Reststoffen der lokalen Getreideverarbeitung. Natürlich, stabil und individuell formbar.

Areas of application

Are you looking for an aesthetically convincing alternative to fossil-based protective packaging such as polystyrene, which emphasises the sustainable values of your fragile products and ensures a coherent WOW experience for your customers? Are your products heavy and fragile? Then RECOU is the right choice for you!

Our customers are enthusiastic

„Together with PROSERVATION, we were able to develop a customised packaging product that perfectly matches our ideas and requirements for the solar modules. In this way, we can avoid transport damage in particular and achieve the goal of resource protection in a holistic manner.“

Luisa Schulze
Co-Founder | CEO of Better Sol

“In PROSERVATION, we have found a partner who not only understood our requirements precisely, but also developed innovative, functional packaging prototypes. The cooperation in the development project is efficient, solution-orientated and the natural material RECOU has convinced us – we look forward to taking the next steps together.”

Johannes Woellhaf
Packaging development at Kärcher

„The perfect solution for suitable and secure packaging for our exceptionally long product in small quantities.“

Alex Schirrmeister
Co-Founder of HydroTower

Multiple awards prove the potential of RECOU

Our team looks forward to fulfilling all your requirements.

Our packaging specialists can't wait to learn about your requirements and develop the perfect packaging for your products. We look forward to answering your questions and helping you wherever we can!

mail@proservation.eu

+49 711 45141727

The advantages of RECOU

Natural material from regional grain processing residues

Cost-efficient prices for impressive performance

Visibly sustainable

Unique solutions with a WOW effect

OUR APPROACH

Packaging with reason.

For a world in which all packaging is ecologically sound.

PROSERVATION’s mission is to establish ecologically as well as economically sound packaging solutions. With our approach of developing sustainable and plastic-free cushioning packaging made from plant residues, we aim to identify opportunities for change, reduce environmental impact and combine the protection of packaged goods with the protection of our natural livelihoods. In doing so, our business activities are guided by the following four principles. To learn more about them, simply click on the icons:

Bioeconomy

Bioeconomy is the ecological counterpart to the fossil economy and dispenses with the use of petroleum-based plastics. The aim is to achieve a more sustainable form of production and consumption that is oriented towards natural material cycles and based on the efficient use of biogenic resources such as plants, animals and microorganisms.

RECOU represents a bioeconomic alternative to existing materials such as Styrofoam, as it consists of 100% purely plant-based ingredients and biodegrades easily after its use as a packaging padding material.

Use of existing

Instead of always needing something new and continuing to process fossil raw materials for new plastic packaging in an energy-intensive way, our organic packaging material RECOU consists of largely unused plant residues. The starting material for our packaging is grain husks, the wrappings of cereal grains, which are already produced daily in large quantities during local grain processing. This means that no additional land or resources are required and no additional trees are felled.

Even when developing our manufacturing process or equipping our business infrastructure, we are guided by the basic principle of drawing inspiration from across the industry and using what already exists wherever possible.

Regionality

Our aim is to strengthen regional added value and primary production and thus increase our independence from international supply and production conditions. We cooperate with local spelt mills in the region and would like to reduce the necessary transport routes to a minimum in the future through the most decentralized production possible.

Circularity

RECOU should be used as long as possible for the respective application and kept in the cycle. After the use phase as packaging material, our material can be reprocessed as a new feedstock in the existing process and reused for further applications such as board and insulation material. Since RECOU consists of purely plant-based ingredients, it biodegrades without any problems and can also be disposed of in garden waste, compost or the organic waste garbage can.

PACKAGING IN CIRCULATION

RECOU: The world first from Baden-Württemberg

Our moulded packaging parts made from regional grain residues are astonishing due to their stability, aesthetics and individual mouldability. Finally, companies in the green economy can protect their fragile products ecologically and safely for transport. Find out more about the background to our material innovation.

Our Impact

We see ourselves as part of a new generation of companies that strives for real change and wants to contribute to achieving the goals of sustainable development through its business activities. That is why it is very important to us to closely interlink our business model with our impact model and to communicate it transparently.

We are aware that a serious, quantitative impact measurement of the socio-ecological benefits of our products is a constant process of continuous optimization. To begin with, we would like to start with the following key figures:

Substituted plastic packaging (in liter)

11.300+ l

550.000 l

Upcycling of the residual material grain husks (in kg)

1.350+ kg

85.000 kg

Our impact model was
developed in collaboration
with LOOM IMPACT.

Through our actions, we want to make our contribution to achieving the SDGs:

Customised packaging development

Our superpower: customised development and rapid prototyping. We develop sustainable packaging solutions - tailored precisely to the requirements of your fragile products.

Verbraucher*innen sind begeistert

"Innovativer, nachhaltiger Transportschutz, den ich so noch nie gesehen habe! Wertet alles auf."

"Geile Idee, den Lebenszyklus vom Material zu verwenden und die Produkte sind top gesichert/ zerbrechen nicht."

"Als ich es angefasst habe, war ich fasziniert. Ich fnde die Idee super cool!"

"Das Gefühl beim Auspacken war sehr angenehm und der Duft hat in mir Kindheitserinnerungen an das Stroh bzw. Tierfutter auf einem Bauernhof ausgelöst - ich bin begeistert!"

"Passt aus ökologischer Sicht gut zum Naturprodukt Honig. Die Aufgeräumtheit der verpackten Gläser. Der Geruch. Alles ist perfekt."

"Man sieht sofort, dass es sinnvoll genutzter Naturstoff ist."

"Das Auspacken ist super easy, es krümelt nichts und der Duft ist toll."

Our network

We are aware that a change in economic activity in favor of a future worth living is only possible with united forces. Since the pre-founding phase, we have been active in various value-related initiatives and have built up an extensive, cooperative network. Not facing the coming challenges alone gives us a sense of security. We are grateful and welcome any help, because we know that different perspectives will improve the quality of our strategic decisions.