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Compostable packaging

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  • 21-02-2011 4:22pm
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    Parichards
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭


    Compostable packaging materials can be produced that are particularly suited to food packaging, these are literally products that you take off the product and stick into your compost bin - heap and hey presto they are gone within a few weeks leaving no nasty trace elements in the environment.
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    Macha
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 6,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭Macha


    Hi Parichards, unfortunately we do not act as a focus group for marketing purposes.

    Thread closed.

    Edit: Thread opened for a general discussion of compostable packaging


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    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,658 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Hi OP what is it exactly? Some form of starch based film?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    Parichards
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Parichards


    Macha wrote: »
    Hi Parichards, unfortunately we do not act as a focus group for marketing purposes.

    Thread closed.

    Edit: Thread opened for a general discussion of compostable packaging
    Thanks Macha for the edit. Didn't realise you had already re-opened this or would have done it myself.


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    Parichards
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Parichards


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Hi OP what is it exactly? Some form of starch based film?
    Hi BLue, this is material is cellulose based from sustainable and renewable sources.


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    Macha
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 6,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭Macha


    Parichards wrote: »
    Hi BLue, this is material is cellulose based from sustainable and renewable sources.
    Sourced in Ireland or Europe?


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    NecroSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭NecroSteve


    It annoys me the way Super Valu insist on packaging their organic produce in small amounts at a time, e.g. 4 apples. But the base is compostable, and if they replaced the plastic film with corn/potato/hemp plastic, I'd be a little happier.

    (Obviously the ideal situation is no packaging at all, but that would cause hassle at the checkouts I'd imagine.)


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    vaalea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 151 ✭✭vaalea


    http://inhabitat.com/sunchips-unveils-new-quieter-100-compostable-bags/

    Compostable chip/crisps bags... especially since in EU the crisps/chips are overpacked in little snack bags as the norm where in North America it's just one big bag that is the norm.


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    Corsendonk
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    Its a nightmare for a food comapny to deal with. If it's a slow selling line the packaging can start to breakdown before it even hits the production line and then with high selling lines there is always an issue with the packaging unable to survive the product shelf life. Most retailers have moved away from compostable packaging towards packaging reduction, it just has more of a marketing buzz at the moment.


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    gnu
    Registered Users Posts: 349 ✭✭gnu


    Most of the dried goods (lentils, nuts, seeds, dried fruit etc) in the organic food co-op are contained in compostable packaging. My old packets are still buried under other stuff in the compost heap so can't say how well it works.


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