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is determined by measuring the gases found within each sealed package.
Also, wine industry platform Winerytale is offering an app that allows wine producers to create, man- age and market an augmented reality experience to consumers via smart- phone-scannable labels. The app has reportedly proven popular with lead- ing wine producers across Australia and New Zealand.
5PLANT-BASED PACKAGING Largely fuelled by anti-plastic sentiment and the desire to find
more eco-friendly solutions to pack- aging disposal, biodegradable and compostable packaging is hitting the market in higher numbers and with increased sophistication. European Bioplastics (EUBP) fore- casts “dynamic growth” in the global bioplastics industry, in which packaging remains the larg- est field of application with almost
53 per cent of the total bioplastics market in 2019.
Innova Market Insights records a 16.4 per cent growth in F&B products using biodegradable packaging and a 53.9 per cent growth in compostable options (global, CAGR 2015-2019). Within this, more than 50 per cent of F&B launches with compostable packaging claims fall in the snacks and confectionery category. Cellulose- based packaging is at the forefront of plant-based innovations, with the likes of PulPac’s 3D dry moulded technology offering renewable and cost-effective alternatives to plastics in coffee cup lids, coffee pods, food trays and more.
In 2019, one of Australia’s oldest businesses, Carlton & United Breweries’ iconic Abbotsford brew- ery, replaced plastic rings with cardboard packaging on its multi- pack beers. The Abbotsford announcement follows the discon- tinuation of plastic six-pack rings at the company’s Cascade Brewery in Tasmania. The brewery has also eradicated 137 tons of plain shrink wrap each year on slabs of cans, which has also been replaced with cardboard packaging.
In February, BASF and Novamont both launched solutions for fresh food packaging. BASF’s certified com- postable ecovio material and Nova- mont’s MATER-BI material replace hard-to-recycle conventional plastics such as polyethylene (PE). Another notable launch was Camvac’s Cam- brite Camvert, a fully biodegradable and home-compostable decorative
ABOVE LEFT: Danone brand Font Vella's Coach2O cap instructs consumers to hydrate more effectively.
ABOVE RIGHT: Camvac’s Cambrite Camvert is a biodegradable metallised film.
metallised film, unveiled at Packag- ing Innovations 2020.
In Australia, two researchers from The University of New South Wales discovered a novel way to turn banana plantation waste into packag- ing material that is both biodegrad- able and recyclable.
Banana pseudostem is dried, pow- dered and placed in an alkaline solu- tion to extract the cellulose, which is then processed into films of varying thicknesses.
Also, an Australian start-up devel- oped a biodegradable alternative to plastic food packaging produced from the chitin and cellulose contained in crustacean skeletons called CARAPAC. The product extends the shelf life of fresh produce by up to seven days compared to plastic alternatives. ■
This article was adapted from Packaginginsights. The original can be found here: www.packaginginsights. com/news/top-packaging-trends- 2020-communicating-the-language-of- environmental-sustainability.html
16%
Growth in F&B products using biodegradable packaging.
– Innova Market Insights