When major UK supermarket, Waitrose & Partners committed to eliminate all unnecessary plastic, and make all of their own-brand packaging reusable, recyclable, or home compostable by 2023, they started to look for packaging alternatives that could meet the requirements of a large-scale supply chain.
After completing trials with TIPA® packaging, Waitrose was impressed to find that their home compostable film provided the shelf-life, transparency, and printability they were looking for, in the application they needed to run on existing machinery and accommodate their supply chain.
Waitrose chose wicketted open bags made from home compostable TIPA 302 film for their organic Duchy bananas, which are packed in branded, transparent bags so that shoppers can clearly see which bananas are organic, preventing mix-ups.
