Coop, a Sweden-based retail chain, has selected paperboard material Invercote Bio for its own-brand frozen berries. Manufactured by the European Iggesund Paperboard, Invercote Bio is a virgin-fiber-based board coated with bioplastic ...
Coop selected the paperboard material Invercote Bio, a virgin-fibre-based board coated with bioplastic for its own-brand frozen berries, investing in this higher-priced base material for environmental reasons. The result is better for the ...
Tags: Compostable Bioplastic Packaging, superior environmental properties
Global bioplastic packaging market is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 19.85% during 2013 and 2018, according to a report from the Research and Markets. The increase is mainly due to the rising concern for ...
Tags: Packaging, packaging market
According to the latest market forecast, the actual land used for sourcing renewable feedstock for bioplastics will amount only to approximately 0.02% of the global agricultural area. This is the conclusion of the latest market forecast ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Bioplastics Market
I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
Nestlé has joined forces with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and seven consumer firms to develop bioplastics, derived from plant materials. The Bioplastics Feedstock Alliance (BFA) includes consumer goods firms such as Coca-Cola, ...
Tags: Bioplastics, Nestle
In the 1980s, pop singer Sheena Easton ("Morning Train," "For Your Eyes Only") did a radio commercial for some diet program where she lamented how hard it was to lose those last two pounds (and how the program could help, of course). At the ...
Tags: Satiating Diet, Sustainable Strategies, sustainable packaging
Eight of the world's leading consumer brand companies and conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced November 19 the formation of the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance (BFA) to support the responsible development of plastics made ...
Tags: Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance, plant material, bioplastics industry
Bioplastics are emerging as viable alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. This quiet revolution goes well beyond the standard drivers for sustainably sourced and/or compostable materials. I attended the 2013 BioPlastek conference in San ...
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Innovia Films, a UK-based Biofilms producer, has collaborated with Corbion Purac to develop Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) film that is transparent and resistant to higher temperatures. According to Innovia, the new bioplastic film offers almost ...
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Biofilms producer Innovia Films and Corbion Purac have jointly developed a range of transparent, biobased, temperature stable and heat resistant poly lactic acid (PLA) films. The new film is said to exhibit less shrinkage at high ...
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Norwegian food research institute Nofima is participating in a major EU-financed project in which 'active' packaging based on raw materials from shrimp shell improves and conserves food products and after use the packaging biodegrades. In ...
US-based supplier and manufacturer of biodegradable food packaging and plastic bags Trellis Earth Products said that the company will relocate its manufacturing operations from China to Rochester, New York. About $8.3 million will be ...
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Avantium, a renewable chemicals company, and plastic converter specialist Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner have announced a joint development agreement for the development of PEF (polyethylene furanoate) bottles After The Coca-Cola Company and ...
Tags: PEF Bottles, Plastic Converter, Coca-Cola
Renewable chemicals company Avantium and plastics manufacturer in Austria ALPLA have announced their joint development agreement for the development of 100% biobased and recyclable polyethylene furanoate (PEF) bottles. According to the ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Renewable chemicals, plastics