When ‘biodegradable’ is just greenwash……
“Biodegradable” is one of packaging’s most misused terms– Packaging Digest, 12/1/2008. Read this great article on how the term ‘biodegradable’ is often just a form of greenwash…
Category: Packaging News
Forever plastic
Watch this fascinating documentary about the history of the world’s most ubiquitous, non-biodegradable product…plastic.
Oxo-biodegradable plastics under fire
According to this blog on biodegradable plastics, oxo-biodegradable plastics used locally by South African companies such as Albany Bakery, have come under fire. “Claims of compostability for such products are therefore wrong and untrustworthy. In Italy and Australia lawsuits resulted in fines for using misleading claims in the marketing of such products”. Read more here….
Twinings go biodegradable
Twinings Tea have gone biodedgradable and are now wrapping some of their tea products in NatureFlex, a sustainable and compostable packaging film offered by Innovia Films.Read the full story here.
Mashed potato to the rescue?
It looks like potatoes are good for more than just chips! Scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)have been hard at work researching potato starch with the aim of developing potato polysaccharide-based bioplastic film and foam (based on complex carbohydrates found in plants), and to improve the performance of potato-based bioplastic. Read the full article…
Compostable logo on the cards this year
According to this article in Packaging News, a logo denoting home-compostabilility on packaging could be in operation in Europe as early as March. Hopefully this means that we will soon start seeing this kind of labelling and certification here in South Africa.
Here’s looking to a plastic-free future……..
Are we moving towards a polystyrene and plastic-free future? Well, according to bioplastics24.com, improvements to cost and performance of biodegradable plastics as well as more investment in sorting technology to prevent contamination of recycling waste streams will enable the industry to compete more effectively with conventional plastics. Read on here.
Green Xmas Packaging
Although it’s not biodegradable, we LOVED this innovative and re-usable alternative to xmas wrapping paper.
Green Home products on Top Billing!
The Cable Way’s new restaurants on top of Table Mountain will be featured on Top Billing showing how they’ve gone biodegradable using Green Home products. Watch SABC 3 this Thursday, 20 November at 7.30pm or on Sunday at 12.30pm.