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Bedford Industries Launches Plant-Based Bag Closure
February 22, 2021
Bedford Industries introduces CloseIt® Bio-Clip, its new plant-based bag closure containing 100% USDA certified biobased content that is commercially compostable.

New potato packaging compostable at home
February 15, 2021
February is Potato Lover's Month and Arrowfarms companies Morning Kiss Organic and Gold Bell are introducing new, compostable paper bag potato packaging.

Mercadona cambia las bolsas de plástico de un solo uso por las de fécula de patata
February 01, 2021
La cadena valenciana Mercadona ha eliminado las bolsas de plástico de un solo uso de todas las secciones de sus tiendas físicas, en el servicio a domicilio y online, con lo que cumple el primer hito de la Estrategia 6.25, que ha llevado a cabo a lo largo de 2020.

Meade Potato Company adds starch extraction facility
December 10, 2020
Irish potato grower and packer Meade Potato Company has entered the starch commodity market by extracting starch from surplus potatoes and potato processing by-products.

EarthFresh offers Potatoes Packed in 100% Compostable Paper Bags
August 04, 2020
EarthFresh’s Paper Revolution offers retailers a full potato product line in 100% compostable paper packaging.

EarthFresh introduces new Sugarcane based Mesh Packaging for baby Potatoes
June 22, 2020
EarthFresh launches new Biobased Mesh Packaging for Baby Potatoes and Baby Sweet Potatoes.

Kompuestos desarrolla un bioplástico a base de almidón de patata que se degrada en la tierra en 4 semanas
January 27, 2020
Kompuestos (Plásticos Compuestos S.A.), compañía cotizada en el MAB y líder en la producción de compuestos sostenibles para plásticos en Europa, ha desarrollado un bioplástico fabricado íntegramente a base de almidón de patata que se degrada en la tierra.

Crunch time for potato chips manufacturers as EU waste targets loom
January 15, 2019
The European Commission has set an EU-wide objective for all packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2030. However there is no easy packaging solution (yet) for manufacturers of potato chips.

British newspaper The Guardian switches to potato starch based wrapping
January 13, 2019
Readers of The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom have been opening their weekend paper to find supplements wrapped in a compostable material made from potato starch.

Walkers Launches First UK Recycling Scheme for Potato Chips Packaging
December 18, 2018
Walkers is launching the first nationwide recycling scheme for potato chips bags, locally known as crisp packets. Working with recyclers, TerraCycle, the scheme will tap into an established network of recycling collection points around the UK.