The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) Bioplastics Division announced Danimer Scientific and PepsiCo as the joint winners of the 2018 Innovation in Bioplastics Award.
The two companies developed the next generation of bio-based and compostable flexible packaging using Danimer 24365B & Danimer 01112 Resins. This new industrial compostable snack bag has the right balance of sustainability, performance and cost.
The annual Innovation in Bioplastics Award is an honor that goes to companies applying bioplastics to innovative, purposeful product design.
The industrial compostable snack bag is comparable in feel, noise and performance to PepsiCo’s current bags and certified to be industrially compostable by TUV Austria. The new Danimer resins that are blends of biopolymers and mineral filler give the bag its white exterior and can be processed in blown film lines for improved economics. The new bio-based structures are currently being piloted in a limited test in the U.S. and Chile, with plans for a test in India later this year.
Published in the November 2018 Edition