One of the pioneers in the market of compostable films is the American company EcoPackables, which enteris entering the market with another development - compostable films based on a mixture of coffee waste with polylactic acid (PLA).

This combination will make it possible to reduce the cost of the produced compostable polymer by almost 35%. And besides, according to the manufacturer, the new film will have a higher tear strength than the previous one, which the company is now selling.

Actually, the high cost and low density of compostable films are their most significant drawbacks, due to which they do not receive their well-deserved popularity. And as you can see, EcoPackables is trying to solve these problems.

Why compostable films, you ask. The thing is that at the moment most of the flexible films used for the outer packaging of goods, for example, during shipments, are not recycled or are recycled in extremely small volumes. And public opinion surveys show that more and more buyers in America and Europe pay attention to the environmental friendliness of product packaging and prefer more environmentally friendly packaging. And compostable films, capable of disintegrating into water, carbon dioxide and organic biomass in a short time, are attractive to buyers. Moreover, EcoPackables films are suitable even for home composting.

We do not undertake to assert that the future lies with compostable films, but we can safely assume that until a stable and economical way of processing conventional flexible films is developed, compostable ones will eventually compete with them.

The materials of the websites packaginginsights.com, ecopackables.com were used.