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Part of a series of four technology studies assessing the very latest innovations and killer applications in plastics technology for packaging. Retailers and brand owners are under pressure to deliver healthy, safe and environmentally friendly products. Being ‘green’ is an image worth cultivating, providing potential marketing benefits in the minds of consumers. But users of biodegradable packaging still demand high performance – shelf impact, barrier properties, strength – and it is here that vital new technologies are being developed.
This study examines the technologies involved in producing biodegradable packaging, analysing relative merits across the range of different polymers. It also considers different applications and the cost/legislative drivers to increased environmental acceptability. So many new products have appeared in the marketplace in the past few years that it’s difficult to know which material is right for which occasion. It highlights the most significant launches, innovations and trials, as well as interpreting current market trends, and outlook for the industry.