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Bioplastics gain focus at Interpack 2011
Bioplastics were much in evidence at the Interpack trade fair in Dusseldorf, demonstrating that for a wide variety of packaging, bioplastics offer solutions that can positively reduce environmental impact.
This was particularly well illustrated at the European Bioplastics stand. For example, the association exhibited a cup made from PLA that Danone uses for its premium brand Activia, on the German market since the beginning of April 2011.
Andy Sweetman, chairman of the board of European Bioplastics, was enthusiastic: “If one compares the range of packaging solutions that can be offered today using bioplastics with the exhibits presented three years ago at Interpack 2008, one can really speak of a quantum leap forward.”
He continued, saying that, in the meantime, the industry was in a position to supply customised, bioplastic solutions for an increasingly wide range of fresh and dry food products.
Hasso von Pogrell, managing director of European Bioplastics, said: “With the changeover to bioplastic packaging by a number of renowned companies, the threshold to consumers has been crossed. This is an important step for the bioplastics sector, and in the medium-term will enable the industry to make a complete breakthrough.”
Source: European Bioplastics
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