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Cover-Story<br />
Innovative Biodegradable<br />
and Compostable Cling Film<br />
Article contributed by<br />
Stefano Facco<br />
New Business Development Director<br />
Novamont, Novara, Italy<br />
Novamont continues its development with the Second<br />
Generation Mater-Bi ® products: at K’<strong>2010</strong> (the international<br />
trade fair for plastics and rubber), taking<br />
place in Düsseldorf, Germany from October 27th to November<br />
3rd, Novamont will be unveiling the first industrial cling film<br />
that is biodegradable and compostable and is made using renewable<br />
resources.<br />
Plastic food packaging film, known as cling film or cling<br />
wrap, has in the past literally revolutionised the food industry. It<br />
has become a major contributor to food safety, both protecting<br />
and preserving it. At the same time it is now regarded as an<br />
essential and cost-effective tool for food presentation.<br />
These films do contribute to food safety, they protect food<br />
from micro-organism and fast deterioration due to uncontrolled<br />
water and oxygen exchange. It also seals in odours to prevent<br />
them from spreading to other foods stored nearby.<br />
Since plastic wrap is difficult to recycle and is rarely reused,<br />
it often contributes to unsorted household waste. New options,<br />
such as possible compostability, do offer new recycling<br />
possibilities by using already well established waste streams,<br />
such as the one for kitchen waste.<br />
10 bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>05</strong>/10] Vol. 5
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