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Looking Ahead to New Packaging Material Innovation

Packaging engineers and product developers must work together to create new sustainable initiatives in packaging material innovation.

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One of the UN sustainable development materials goals, according to a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence, is to increase the share of responsibly sourced, renewable content, to at least 75%.

Suppliers recognize that resin content is a key component to future material innovation, and according to one VP of Technical Excellence and Innovation at a material supplier, “We need to improve our material selections from resin suppliers and use more post-consumer recycled content to offer a more diverse product portfolio.”

Polymers:

·     Polypropylene (PP) is a versatile material demonstrating reliable barrier properties. High performance PP grades can often be used in place of polyethylene.

·      Polyethylene (PE) is a mono-material structure, meaning that it is naturally more recyclable than multi-material composites. PE often fails to provide adequate barrier protection, however.

·      Polylactic acid or polylactide (PLA) is a fully biodegradable thermoplastic polymer consisting of renewable raw materials for direct food contact compliance (USA and EU).

·      PHAs (polyhydroxyalkanoates) are bio-based, biodegradable, and have a wide range of potential applications, given their physical properties.

·      Bio-based PE and bio-based PET, as well as bio-based polyamides, make up a large portion of the global bioplastics market, accounting for 44% (1.1 million tons) of all bio-based plastics.

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