Foreword
For supermarkets, choosing suitable packaging for food and
other items, while keeping environmental issues in mind is a complex issue. The
full life cycle of the packaging should be considered, from production to use
to disposal. Compostable packaging is one type of packaging that has been
increasingly used as a means to reduce environmental issues of plastic disposal.
It is most commonly certified as ‘industrially compostable’ which means it
requires collection and specific treatment processes, but in the UK, the infrastructure
for widespread use of industrially compostable material is arguably not yet in
place. The large supermarket Tesco have recently made the decision to exclude
it from their current preferred materials, on the basis that fewer packaging
options makes the recycling process easier for the consumer, given the complexities
of compostable packaging disposal.
However, the BBIA disagree
with Tesco’s decision. Compostable packaging has the potential to........
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Markets
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- MoU for personal care ingredient development
- Partnership to create biobased Dyneema
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Research & Development
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- Orange tree extracts analysed
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- Biochemical GHG
calculations
- PEF building blocks
progress
- CA of bio and fossil plastic
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Polymers
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- Wood fibre composites comparison
- Renewable dispersible
polymer
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Chemicals
Consumer Products
- New cup solution in Starbucks
- BBIA on Tesco's
strategy for packaging
Patents
Events
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