Concerns over how Covid-19 is transmitted has affected how some consumers are using packaging, but despite hygiene concerns, recent research including a poll commissioned by TIPA Corp suggests sustainability remains a contributing factor for consumer purchases.
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COVID-19 has raised concern among UK consumers about the amount of plastic waste disposed of during lockdown. A new ‘Populus’ poll finds that 85% of respondents believe more compostable packaging should be used to wrap food as an alternative to plastic. Says Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and co-founder of TIPA Compostable Packaging, “While conventional plastics continue to endanger our oceans, wildlife, natural areas, and our health; compostable packaging can fully degrade and return to the earth safely. Despite crucial differences in the materials, compostables continue to be treated the same way as conventional plastic by UK legislation.”
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A shift to compostable packaging is being ‘undermined’ by the government’s proposed plastic tax, which treats compostable plastic as conventional plastic, according to a compostable packaging company. Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO & Co-founder of TIPA Compostable Packaging says “Despite crucial differences in the materials, compostables continue to be treated the same way as conventional plastic by UK legislation.”
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New study finds that when asked to choose whether consumers, government or the food industry should take most responsibility for reducing the use of plastic in packaging, 69% of respondents thought the food industry should take a lead, with more than half (58%) answering that they are prepared to pay more for food wrapped in compostable materials.
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COVID-19 has raised concern among UK consumers about the amount of plastic waste disposed of during lockdown. A new ‘Populus’ poll finds that 85% of respondents believe more compostable packaging should be used to wrap food as an alternative to plastic.
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Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and co-founder of TIPA Corp joins Mike Thaman, CEO of UBQ at Collision at Home’s panel “Innovative Materials” to discuss how they aim to revolutionize the packaging market with innovative materials and major systems changes for waste infrastructure, and how companies, cities, and governments can work together to ensure the measures that have been taken during COVID-19 can be adapted to help achieve sustainability and climate goals on a global level.
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According to the World Economic Forum, over four decades after the recycling symbol was first launched on packaging, only 5% of plastic is actually recycled. “It’s a system that we have been working on for years, and years, and years now. And those are those are the rates that the world has achieved. So obviously, that doesn’t work,” says Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and co-founder of TIPA.
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Israel 360 talk with Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and Founder of TIPA Corp, about the environment, what makes something compostable, and how consumers can advocate for more environmentally friendly options for packaging. Listen to the podcast in full here.
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“…TIPA® really began after a deeper investigation into the needs in the world, and the status with packaging and plastic, from which I understood two things. One, there were no materials available on the market that would do what I wanted to do, so we had to invent a material. The second thing was that the main problem of the industry is not plastic bottles—because they are possibly the only product that can be successfully recycled on a large scale—but the vast majority of other packaging, like flexible packaging, which cannot be recycled.”
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Waqas Qureshi, of Packaging News, hears from seven compostable and biodegradable packaging suppliers. Says Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and co-founder of TIPA Compostable Packaging, “The demand for compostable flexible packaging is growing rapidly. Right now, we’re seeing brands with a sustainable ethos embracing the shift to plastic-free packaging and I think we’ll see a more diverse group of brands looking to switch in the next few years. In the last year we’ve expanded into new regions for fashion and food packaging, and we’re excited to continue growing.”
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