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A Better Way
WITH SO LITTLE PLASTIC FOOD PACKAGING CURRENTLY BEING RECYCLED, AUSTRALIAN COMPANY BIOPAK IS OFFERING A RANGE OF SMART, SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES.
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e believe there is a better way of doing things,” says Richard Fine, founder and sustainability director of BioPak. For Fine and the company he started in 2006, that means addressing the twin problems of single-use plastic and food waste, piece by piece. Imagine you could visit a landfill in 400 years’ time and you’ll likely discover plastic containers that look virtually unchanged from 2020. You might even find plastic packaging you threw away last week. That’s because plastic can take centuries
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to decompose, a worrying thought when currently only about 9 per cent of the world’s plastic is actually recycled. The rest is either contaminated with food, too small to be sorted, made of various materials that cannot be easily separated, or it’s simply dumped in the wrong bin. But we need containers, of course, because food waste – to the tune of some 7.3 million tonnes a year in Australia – is another equally confronting issue. This is where BioPak comes in. Looking to address both problems, the Australian brand has developed a range of carbon-neutral,
1. BIPBC8-ART BioPak BioCup Hot Single Wall Art Series 8oz. 2. ZZBLB1000 BioPak BioCane Lunch Box White 1000ml. 3. BIPR60 BioPak Sauce/ Sample BioCup Pla Clr 60ml. 4. BIPHY16K BioCutlery Knife Wood 16cm. 5. BIPHY16E BioCutlery Fork Wood 16cm. 6. BIPBLB750N BioPak BioCane Takeaway Base 750ml.
