Potato starch is beloved as a packaging material for its biodegradable and compostable qualities, but Emerald Packaging has found a way to make a breakthrough—for none other than potato bags.
Emerald Packaging's five-pound plastic film potato bags are made with a combination of 25 percent potato resin and a 75 percent polyethylene mixture, which makes it stronger in comparison to films that are all polyethylene. As well as being stronger, one of the benefits of this material composition is that potatoes are a renewable resource.
Although Emerald Packaging has already put this unique potato resin material to use for potato bags, it also has the potential to be used as a sealant and a packaging solution where full plastic clarity is not required for display purposes.
What's Driving This Trend
- Potato Resin Packaging
- Using potato resin as a packaging material creates a more sustainable and eco-friendly product.
- Renewable Resource Packaging
- Incorporating renewable resources like potato resin into packaging materials encourages sustainable manufacturing.
- Hybrid Packaging Materials
- Combining different materials like potato resin and polyethylene in packaging films can lead to stronger and more sustainable products.
Who This Affects Most
- Packaging and Printing
- Emerald Packaging's use of potato resin in their packaging materials presents opportunities for other companies in the packaging and printing industry to explore more sustainable materials.
- Food Manufacturing
- The use of potato resin in packaging solutions could benefit the food manufacturing industry as a more sustainable option for storing and transporting their products.
- Agriculture and Farming
- As potato resin becomes more popular as a packaging material, the demand for potatoes as a renewable resource could increase and have implications for the agriculture and farming industry.
