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Plastic fractions highly contaminated with food waste cannot be recycled and are often therefore incinerated or, in worst cases, in some countries sent to landfill. By using compostable bioplastic to package food, the packaging can be composted together with the food waste.

Several studies indicate that when food waste is collected using certified biodegradable waste bags, the amount of food waste collected increases, and the food waste fraction is cleaner. All factors that make the collection and treatment of food waste even more sustainable. Moreover, it ensures no fossil microplastic is spread on the fields because bio bags decompose entirely. Read more about the role of bioplastics in the circular economy here.

Biobag Ireland UK is the first retail range of compostable bags to be certified for use in Irish food waste (brown) bins. Certification is awarded by Cré IRELAND which operates the only Irish scheme providing third party, independent assessment of compostable products in Ireland.

Only products like Biobag which have been assessed and certified by the scheme will be entitled to display the Irish ‘Cré Tick’ symbol. The scheme is great news for Irish consumers. It offers confidence that a product is accepted in domestic, food waste bins for processing locally in Ireland. This will increase public awareness and acceptance, leading to increased use of food bins and composting. Biobags are certified already by every major international body including OK Compost HOME and INDUSTRIAL and EN13432.

Adding a recognisably Irish certification to Biobag means that Irish consumers, waste collectors and composting facilities are assured that Biobag produ

Novamont has expanded considerably in the past decade, in particular through internal growth, by acquiring and regenerating obsolete industrial sites. This transaction will allow Novamont to further expand its compostable bioplastics business into Northern/Eastern Europe, North America and Australia. Biobag will continue to operate as an independent organization, with the same leadership team who has achieved excellent results over the past few years.