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IPER's 'natural' trays, lidding

Italian supermarket chain will sell fresh food in thermoformed containers and heat-sealable film lidding.

Pw 16041 Cargill Dow

This summer, Italian supermarket chain IPER will begin selling fresh food such as pasta in thermoformed containers and heat-sealable film lidding both made from polylactic acid. PLA is a plastic resin developed by Cargill Dow LLC (Minnetonka, MN), marketed under the name NatureWorks™ PLA. Made from renewable resources, the resin can be converted much like petroleum-based resins—except that PLA is compostable.

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