A fundamental breakthrough in Novamont's range of biodegradable and compostable films for food packaging 5 years after the launch of the first grade of MATER-BI for cling film.
MATER-BI bioplastic cling film for the packaging of fresh produce can be used with most packaging machines. Thus the choice of compostable cling film will no longer mean that specific packaging machines have to be purchased.
The film is suitable for food use and is intended to be used in the large-scale retail trade and large and medium-sized packaging centres. It ensures good breathability, to provide fresh food with a long shelf life, high transparency, an anti-fog effect and good mechanical strength.
In addition to its technical properties, which are wholly competitive with traditional products on the market, MATER-BI cling film also has unparalleled environmental performance, thanks to the biodegradability and compostability of MATER-BI bioplastics.
At the end of their life these can be recycled with the organic fraction of waste, without giving rise to microplastics that would otherwise risk accumulating in the soil. The test phase, carried out jointly with Crocco, one of the leading companies in the flexible packaging sector, has been successfully completed.
Novamont's family of MATER-BI bioplastics, which are biodegradable and compostable according to UNI standard 13432, are obtained through using proprietary technologies in the field of starches, cellulose, vegetable oils and their combinations.
Using MATER-BI bioplastic solutions reduces the output of undifferentiated waste and everything related to it - landfill, soil and air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions - favouring the recovery of resources.
Once processed in industrial composting facilities, applications made of compostable bioplastic are converted with organic waste into humus, an excellent soil conditioner for combating desertification, thus closing the natural cycle in which there is no waste and everything again becomes a resource.
