We’ve seen some pretty notable and innovative biobased applications in packaging lately. Last year, Nofima released a new bioplastic that was made of shrimp shells, using the chitin to produce a degradable material. And this year, Coke made international news when it announced its biobased bottle, made with 30% renewable content. Many other biobased packaging formats are in stores now, and sometimes consumers are none the wiser.
The key distinguishing difference between biopolymers and the conventional polymers we’re all familiar with is that biopolymers are sourced not from petroleum but rather from biological sources. In other words, things that grow.
