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Bio-Based Compostable Ready Meal Trays, Home Compostable Bread Bags, and Edible Coffee Cups

See a few examples of packaging made with natural and compostable materials by BASF and others from ThePackHub’s August Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

Confoil and BASF's DualPakECO compostable paper trays
Confoil and BASF's DualPakECO compostable paper trays
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The trend of packaging made with natural materials continues to be active, as compostable and biodegradable packaging continues to be developed. We also continue to track several new bio-based material alternatives to plastic. There is a significant amount of compostable, biodegradable and bio-based examples both in development and coming to market.

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Confoil and BASF's DualPakECO compostable paper traysConfoil and BASF's DualPakECO compostable paper traysThePackHubConfoil and BASF Partner for Compostable Paper Ready Meal Tray That Uses Bio-Based Barrier

A collaboration between two companies has led to the development of a compostable paper tray for ready meals. Confoil, an Australian manufacturer of food packaging developed the tray in conjunction with German multinational chemical company BASF. The tray, called the DualPakECO, is a formed paper tray that has the inside of the tray coated with BASF’s ecovio PS 1606, a partially bio-based and certified compostable biopolymer that was specially developed for coating food packaging made of paper or cardboard. DualPakECO trays are certified to Australian standard AS4736-2006 and are food contact approved to international requirements. The trays are suitable for the microwave and conventional oven, as well as for the refrigerator and freezer, and are certified and industrially compostable. They are also reported to be grease-repellent, liquid-tight and odorless. Depending on the ecovio type and the type of paper, solutions for home composting or for industrial composting plants are possible.

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