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A scheme looking into the practicality of collecting, sorting and treating compostable packaging has been unveiled.

Vice president of TIPA, North America, Michael Waas, explains to Waste 360 how compostable packaging materials differ from conventional plastic products, while also demonstrating the special formulations that provide the same functionalities and properties as conventional plastic packaging.

TIPA and Atlapac, a packaging manufacturer and distributor, announced their partnership to manufacture fully compostable, flexible packaging mailers for premium fashion and retail customers. This is the first time Atlapac will produce home compostable mailers for customers.

It is on the rise that TIPA’s company’s flexible packaging is gaining interest in the fashion and food industries, with Stella McCartney and Sunrays grapes among its many customers. Tipa’s VP of North America, Michael Waas, elaborates further on the topic in this interview

The two leading sustainable materials companies join forces to deliver a wider range of research-led material where there are currently no workable alternatives. Together, they respond to an ever-growing market requirement for truly workable circular economy solutions, particularly within the packaging and other FMCG markets, where TIPA and Aquapak have recognised that no one material currently exists which answers all the functional requirements of the market.

The most promising and simple solutions for wasted food and packaging lies in the problem itself: wasted food and packaging—if composted—could slow climate change and improve soil quality and quantity. When food waste, along with packaging like paper, cardboard and other compostable options, break down in composting facilities or even in backyard compost piles, they don’t produce methane, and they result in carbon-rich soil that can be used everywhere from potted plants to commercial agricultural fields.

Today, one of the most important things about packaging is its environmental impact and sustainability. Brands, especially those that sell products that are organic or sustainable, must embrace this because customers are demanding it.

Fudge Kitchen is putting sustainability at the forefront of its business with the launch of a new range of products in fully compostable pouches. These products are made from renewable resources – including TIPA bio-based film, NatureFlex cellulose and PaperWise paper, and can be composted in household food waste.

Fashion is still considered the world’s largest polluting industry after oil and gas, and compostable packaging is sustainability’s next frontier. New companies, like TIPA, focus on 100 percent compostable alternatives to plastic, encouraging better end-of-life for packaging.

To reduce plastic waste, but keep the simplicity of flexible packaging, retailers must look towards compostable materials. Although used by brands such as Riverford, switching to compostable materials has previously been overlooked by retailers.