The first industrial application of biodegradable plastic packaging in the UK

According to "British Plastics & Rubber", 2004 (April): 32, Eusopackagi of Birmingham, UK, has introduced a series of new natural packaging materials products to help retailers meet the growing consumer demand for natural material packaging. The raw material used is Cargill Dow's PLA (Plasma) NamreWos. The products include general merchandise shopping bags, high-end merchandise bags, disposable packaging, cups for vending machines, cups with lids, and bread packaging films.

Grapentine's research shows that consumers want goods to be packaged with natural materials and are willing to bear the added cost. European trials have proven that natural material packaging can indeed add value to products. PLA Nature Works uses corn as a raw material and is called "the first industrialized biopolymer derived from renewable resources every year." Its performance is comparable to or better than that of traditional resins. This packaging material will occur in soil. degradation.

Europackaging is the first manufacturer in the UK to have a production line for natural packaging materials and the first in Europe to produce blown film from PLA Nat-ureworks. The company initially produced only paper bags and now has annual sales of approximately 200 million pounds. There are paper and plastic bag production facilities in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, China, UAE Dubai and the United Kingdom.