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Soap Box - are biodegradable packs good for the environment?
Compostable packaging and other forms of biodegradable materials have been in the headlines in recent weeks - most recently, Sainsbury's and Amcor began trialling a compostable salad bag.
But some of the supposedly biodegradable materials out there – in particular, those based on additives which break down plastics – are failing to win support from packaging buyers.
So in this week’s Soap Box, we are asking: what are the best compostable or biodegradable materials, and which are the worst? What are the limits of these materials? And is a zero-waste packaging industry, which these materials are supposed to herald, a realistic aim?
Log in, either under your own name or a pseudonym, and let us know your opinions. We'll be publishing a write-up of the sector's views on Friday's Daily Bulletin and may use some of the comments in November's Packaging News magazine.
