Novamont and Cartiera di Rivignano Launch the New Biodegradable and Compostable Packaging

Talia is just the first of a series of innovative new products that can be made from paper with Mater-Bi. Food packaging and throw-away napkins are some of the many applications.

6/10/2011 --- Talia is a new line of paper made of pure cellulose coupled by extrusion with Mater-Bi bioplastic, in the ongoing quest to reduce the impact of consumer waste on our environment.

Novamont and Cartiera di Rivignano have together devised a new project to satisfy the ever-growing demand from consumers for products with environmentally friendly packaging. The project also aims to fulfil another objective, that of achieving full environmental sustainability and compliance with European legislation to limit the packaging which ends up in our landfills. Compliant with standards EN 13428, EN 13430, EN 13431 and CR 13695-1/2, this new paper with Mater-Bi can be disposed of with organic waste and composted.

The two companies will be presenting the new packaging paper with Mater-Bi at the Interpack trade fair (Hall 09, stand D23) being held from 12 - 18 May in Düsseldorf (Germany). This fully biodegradable and compostable paper is designed to replace paper and polyethylene packaging. Manufactured either in reels or in sheets of various forms and sizes, the paper is suitable for all forms of custom printing.

Talia is just the first of a series of innovative new products that can be made from paper with Mater-Bi. Food packaging and throw-away napkins are some of the many applications.

Mater-Bi is the family of bioplastics developed by Novamont and made from renewable resources of agricultural origin. It is biodegradable and compostable in compliance with European standards EN 13432 and EN 14995. Its strength and performance characteristics are similar to those of traditional plastic, but it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and the consumption of energy and non-renewable resources. In this way it helps achieve a virtuous cycle of less waste: the raw materials of agricultural origin are returned to the earth through biodegradation and composting processes, without any polluting substances being released.