News - april 2010

Rapak bags a solution to water shortages

1000 and 15 litre PE and VLDPE bags from bag-in-box specialist Rapak have come to the aid of homeowners in Ireland who had their water supplies restricted due to the recent bad weather.

Leaks, burst mains and a strain on reservoir supplies caused by the inclement weather led to a period of poor or no water for homes in many parts of Ireland over the past few weeks.

With supplies severely disrupted, the councils used 1000 litre and 15 litre bags from The Packaging Centre in Dublin, who are distributors for Rapak Bag in Box products, to deliver fresh drinking water to householders until services could be fully reinstated.

Rapak’s bag-in-box technology is increasingly being adopted as an alternative packaging format for all types of bottled water. The company has developed special low taint films that prevent the polymers in the bags reacting with the water, a common complaint with more traditional bag-in-boxes. Furthermore, the bag-in-box format, where the bag collapses as the liquid is dispensed, hinders air getting into the product and helps to maintain the quality of the water, inhibiting bacteriological growth that can sometimes occur.