Trays, films and heat-sealable pouches play an essential role in food preservation. However, in addition to being an environmental hazard, the plastics they are made of are not without health ...
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Heat-sealable packaging without plastic: is it possible?
Food packaging in the scope of single use plastics (SUP) directive
Behind the SUP Directive
In the middle of the climate crisis, plastic appear to be one of the problems at the spotlight. Action is required to overcome the damage that plastic ...
Betting on Innovation to Integrate Biodegradable and Bio-Based Polymers into Industrial Processes
If we want to move away from petroleum and sustainably combat plastic pollution, it is essential to accelerate innovation in bio-based materials, compostable solutions, and reuse. This innovation-driven approach requires ...
Paper packaging, an ecological alternative to plastic packaging?
Sometimes mistakenly presented as less environmentally friendly than plastic, paper is a packaging material with many advantages. Here’s why paper is an effective and sustainable solution.
The difference between biogenic and ...
Lactips responds to a need from packaging manufacturers and expands its range on its paper coating platform
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez (France), 24 February 2025 – Lactips, a French company producing 100% biobased natural polymers that are water-soluble and biodegradable in various environment, is expanding its paper coating range. Our ...
How to preserve foodstuffs?
Whether fresh, dry, frozen, canned, pasteurised or dehydrated, food products must meet precise and complex preservation criteria. The packaging materials used play a key role in the preservation of food.
Food ...
Lactips raises €16 million
This funding will allow Lactips to accelerate its commercial growth and expand internationally with its 100% biosourced natural polymer, which is water-soluble and fully biodegradable in all environments
This funding round ...
Lactips and Walki Group announce strategic partnership in food packaging
Lactips, a French company specialising in the production of natural polymers that are 100% biobased, water-soluble and biodegradable in various environments, and Walki, a leading Finnish packaging converting company, announce ...
Substituting Petro-sourced with Bio-based Polymers: What Are the Requirements?
As by-products of petrochemicals, synthetic polymers consume a huge amount of oil each year: 44 million tons in Europe alone! In response to the climate emergency, the plastics industry is ...
Are bio-based materials rare?
Industrials using bio-based materials often encounter supply difficulties. Does this mean that bio-based materials are rare?
In this article, we will see that this is not the case. On the contrary, ...
PFAs, a regulatory overview
Controversial for several years now, PFAS are a group of artificial chemical substances manufactured and used in various industries worldwide.
The OECD defines them as “fluorinated substances containing at least one fully fluorinated methyl or ...
What is the paper recycling process?
Paper packaging often incorporates plastic materials to help preserve foodstuffs (oxygen, fats, etc.). The question then arises as to whether these complex (multilayers) packagings are recyclable?
Coated-paper can be used to ...
